Scientists told them, ‘No, it’s too dangerous,’ but they did it anyway: Inside Japan’s super-close asteroid flyby

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July 5, but heated debate was needed before teams signed off on the daring attempt.When…

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