and take images of the surface. IM-2 is set to go ahead before the end of 2024. AstroForge's target asteroid is an M-type, “M” meaning metallic—typically nickel-iron. The largest and most ...

Japan's space agency (Jaxa) has released new images from ... on the asteroid. The 900m-wide space rock known formally as 162173 Ryugu belongs to a particularly primitive type of asteroid.