Space

2025.05.13

JAXA to push recognizing Ryugu asteroid sample as int'l standard

2025.05.01

Saitama University team precisely measures high-speed flow of hot gas in the core of the Centaurus galaxy cluster

2025.04.25

Japan's Onishi assumes ISS command, becomes 3rd Japanese commander

2025.04.01

World's most stringent limit on dark matter lifetime set after just four hours of observation

2025.03.25

Astronaut Onishi blasts off on mission as 3rd Japanese to lead ISS

2025.03.24

NASA probe brings back samples from asteroid Bennu, discovers diverse amino acids: International research group confirmed the discovery of "Materials responsible for life"

2025.03.18

One year since SLIM landed on the Moon "Thanks for the great achievement!": Cause of engine shutdown also clarified

2025.03.12

Japanese firms aim for one giant leap in space development

2025.03.10

JAXA and NEC realize world's first 1.5-μm-band inter-satellite optical communication for ultrahigh-capacity mission data transmission

2025.02.27

Today's Asteroid Research: Japan-U.S. Sample Exchange, Collision Experiments to Protect Humanity...The Challenge Continues

2025.02.21

Astronaut Takuya Onishi is determined to "use the ISS to the fullest" and becomes the third Japanese captain of the ISS

2025.02.17

Subaru Telescope's ultrawide-field multi-object spectrograph begins full-scale operation — Spectroscopic information about ∼2,400 objects can be obtained at once

2025.01.22

"Deliver scientific results firmly to the Earth"; Suwa and Yoneda officially certified as astronauts

2025.01.22

High-energetic electron precipitation caused by peculiar magnetic field lines — Kanazawa University discovers possible cause for water formation on Mercury

2025.01.21

Salt crystals found in sand grains from asteroid Ryugu: Not found in meteorites; "totally unexpected" achievement by Kyoto University

2025.01.08

Japan brewery looking to launch 100 mil. yen space sake

2024.12.24

Kanazawa University artificially suppresses "chorus emission" using radio waves

2024.12.20

Large amounts of organic matter formed in the early Earth's atmosphere — Tohoku University, et al. hope to uncover the origin of life

2024.12.16

Searching for the origin of life through "organic astrochemistry": Detecting microorganisms from small amounts of Martian particles

2024.12.10

Astronaut Onishi to become 3rd Japanese to assume ISS commander

2024.11.11

This time for sure! HAKUTO-R lander unveiled, to be launched in December and make another landing attempt on the Moon

2024.11.01

Formation of organic matter on early Mars — Derived from formaldehyde in air

2024.10.07

NIFS and Kyoto University succeeded in acquiring two-dimensional images of auroras using a spectroscopic measurement system