Claim: Japanese scientists confirmed that the asteroid explorer Hyabusu2 successfully collected and returned soil and gas samples from the asteroid Ryugu 190 million miles from Earth.
Fact-check: Did Scientists Recover 'Extraterrestrial Material' from This Asteroid?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Madison Dapcevich
Date published: 2020-12-17T16:31:42