Space

2024.08.27

Star cluster 13.3 billion light years away discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope: The most distant galaxy ever seen provides new perspectives on the evolution of galaxies

2024.08.20

Japan space agency unveils ANA's training of astronaut candidates

2024.07.09

Cloud observation for refining climate change predictions: Japan−Europe satellite "Hakuryu" launched

2024.07.05

Japan successfully launches new H3 rocket with observation satellite

2024.06.27

Early Martian organic matter was derived from CO — Carbon isotope ratio from deposits found on the surface showed extremely low ¹³C signals

2024.06.24

Exploring "fundamental questions about humanity" with visually impaired individuals — KEK and Tsukuba University of Technology collaborate to produce braille book on particle physics

2024.06.05

"Space is an accelerated simulation of aging:" Satoshi Furukawa, who completed his ISS stay, talks about the changes in his physical condition at a press conference

2024.05.28

NICT and collaborators achieve optical communication from the International Space Station to the ground — Practical use of satellite quantum cryptographic communications

2024.05.09

'Space Technology Strategy' for rapid growth to keep up with global development competition decided by Cabinet Office

2024.05.07

Hydrogen gas falling into the galaxy has a possible extraterrestrial origin: Nagoya University group overturns established theory

2024.04.17

The second H3 Launch Vehicle successfully launched: a new ace emerges in space development and utilization

2024.04.12

The Cabinet Office releases guidebook for space debris mitigation — For a safe and sustainable outer space

2024.03.22

Tohoku University clarifies the process of formaldehyde accumulation on early Mars: Bio-important molecules were efficiently formed in warm climates.

2024.03.01

First light from XRISM X-ray satellite — Photographing a galaxy cluster 770 million light-years away

2024.02.27

The EHT Collaboration reported on a black hole one year after its first image capture — Brightest spot on the ring has shifted

2024.02.16

Discovery of more giant black holes than expected in the early universe by the University of Tokyo and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

2024.02.01

Rock sample from Ryugu is black due to lack of influence from Earth's atmosphere: Meteorite alteration on Earth must be taken into account

2024.01.24

Driving the lunar exploration rover, "Lunar Cruiser," ahead of its implementation: Toyota unveiled the vehicle at an exhibition

2023.12.18

Nagoya University clarify that space storms primarily caused by plasma of terrestrial origin: Analysis of satellite data from Japan, the US, and Europe causes reverse of conventional theory

2023.12.15

QST measures the half-life of nuclear cosmochronometer Lutetium-176: Determined to be 37.19 billion years

2023.12.12

A Look Around Innovation, Part 6: Realization of 'last-mile in-space transportation' of small satellites — Development of hybrid rocket re-ignition system

2023.12.07

First-ever journey to a 'metal-rich world': Successful launch of U.S. asteroid explorer 'Psyche'

2023.11.17

The farthest protocluster observed by the University of Tsukuba and other organizations