Japan space agency says 10 other artificial craters made on asteroid

Japan's space agency said Thursday a metal object fired at the Ryugu asteroid by its Hayabusa2 space probe made 10 other craters.When the asteroid explorer,  on a mission to explore the origin of life and the evolution of the solar system, launched the metal object on April 5 to create a crater in the world's first-of-its-kind experiment, scattered fragments produced other smaller ones, about 1 meter in diameter, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.The newly discovered craters along with the initial one -- about 10 meters in diameter and 2 to 3 meters in depth -- are expected to he…READ FULL ARTICLE