Japan’s Hayabusa 2 successfully touches down on Ryugu asteroid

A Japanese spacecraft has successfully touched down on a speedingasteroid 300 million kilometres from the Earth as it attempts anaudacious manoeuvre to collect samples and bring them back forscientists to study.The Hayabusa 2 probe touched down on the asteroid Ryugu at around11:30pm GMT on Thursday. Data from the probe showed changes in speed anddirection, indicating it had reached the asteroid’s surface, accordingto officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).A live webca