Stunning close-up views of scorching hot Mercury may surprisingly reveal ice in its craters
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission recently completed its last flyby of Mercury, revealing stunning details about the planet's volcanic plains ...
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Astronauts will be making sake on the ISS — and a cosmic bottle will cost $650,000
Astronauts aboard the ISS are brewing more than just discoveries — they’re testing how sake ferments in space.
A sample from Ryugu asteroid is teeming with life — but it’s not aliens
New research on asteroid Ryugu samples reveals an unexpected culprit: Earth microbes.
Japan just built the world’s first wooden satellite and it’s a pretty big deal
Wood isn't the first material that comes to mind for building satellites. But it may be just what we need.
Japan and NASA will send a ‘camper van’ to the Moon. Astronauts will drive it without a spacesuit
The Lunar Cruiser can support a two-person crew for 30 days. Everything they need is inside.
Japan’s SLIM lander makes a comeback after an awkward upside-down landing
Japan is now officially part of an elite Moon-landing club.
Japan just landed a shuttle on an asteroid
It's a remarkable achievement.
NASA wants the future of spaceflight to be commercial — including the ISS
Could this be the key to ensuring that the ISS lives long and prosper?
Japanese probe blasts the first artificial crater on an asteroid
The blast might help scientists answer fundamental questions about the solar system's formation.
Japanese rovers beam back more awesome pictures from asteroid’s surface
You can see how the sun moves across the asteroid's horizon.
History in the making: Japan lands two rovers on asteroid
This could give insights on the birth of the Earth, and even the solar system.
Researchers believe they’ve found a great place for a moonbase — thanks to a volcano
Building a moonbase in a lava tube. Doesn't that sound awesome?
JAXA’s mission to fish for space trash thwarted by faulty tether
Cleaning up is hard.
Japan wants to land a rover on the Moon by 2018
Good news for space exploration: Japan’s space agency JAXA revealed plans to land a rover on the Moon by 2018, joining ...
Japanese spaceship loaded with ISS trash burns after entering Earth atmoshpere
Yesterday, Japan's unmanned space freighter Kounotori 2, of the H-2 Transfer Vehicle class, intentionally entered Earth's atmosphere where it crashed ...
Japan wants rockets with artificial intelligence
The Japanese seem to have not lost one inch of the determination to push science forward after the major earthquake, ...
Japanese probe returns home with asteroid dust
JAXA, the Japanese space agency is becoming more and more active these days, as Japanese researchers are getting involved in ...
Japan plans a Moon base by 2020, built by the robots, for the robots
While America seems to have delayed it's Moon base ambitions, Japan seems to have no such plans; according to their ...
