Asteroid samples to point to Earth origins

By Tim Dornin
Updated December 5 2020 - 3:04pm, first published 2:59pm
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft landed on the asteroid Ryugu in February.
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft landed on the asteroid Ryugu in February.

A fireball is set to light up the sky over the South Australian outback, signalling the return to earth of a Japanese capsule carrying the first sub-surface asteroid samples, which could provide clues to the origins of life on Earth.

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