Hayabusa2 and Ryugu asteroid sample Seiji Sugita, Unv. of Tokyo - The Cosmic Companion Dec. 15, 2020
Channel: The Cosmic Companion - Science Comedy, Astronomy
Date: 15/12/2020

Hello and welcome back to Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion. This week, we welcome Professor Seiji Sugita of the University of Tokyo to the show. He is a researcher on the Hayabusa2 mission which recently brought the first large sample of an asteroid to Earth. 


But first, we take a look at a new study teaching us how spiders react to living in space. Next, we will journey to the exoplanet HD 106906 b, and learn what it could teach us about a possible unseen planet at the edge of our solar system. Finally, we will take a look at the first large samples of an asteroid ever to arrive on Earth, before we talk to one of the researchers on this historic mission.


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