Skip navigation  Grains of asteroid dust get going-over in Japan
It came from outer space and returned ultra-small bits of
asteroid 25143 Itokawa.Full story  Success! Asteroid dust
brought back to Earth   Asteroid probe makes fiery return to
Earth  A fiery burst of light over the Australian Outback late
Sunday marked the return of a Japanese space probe, potentially
carrying samples from an asteroid. Full story  Sponsored Links
Asteroid probe makes its way back to Earth  Crescent Earth
photographed from deep space     Asteroid probe returns to Earth
Watch a video of the Hayabusa asteroid probe's descent and
breakup, captured by a camera aboard NASA's DC-8 research
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asteroid probe    A manipulator needle points to a microscopic
particle found inside the Hayabusa probe's sample capsule. In
this image, the needle is casting a shadow on the surface of the
container.