TOKYO -- Culminating a journey that began three and a half years ago, the Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 has finally reached its target: the asteroid Ryugu, which is orbiting the sun approximately 180 million miles from Earth.
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Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe has reached the asteroid Ryugu, thought to contain organic matter from the dawn of the solar system. (Artist rendering courtesy of JAXA)
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