Japan's national space agency JAXA has formed a planetary defense team to detect asteroids and mitigate or deflect potential impact threats to Earth.
At a symposium organized by the Moon Village Association, scientists presented ideas on establishing a human colony in the challenging lunar environment.
Attendees at a space conference enjoyed a salad made of greens cultivated in engineered soil, similar to the sand retrieved from asteroid Ryugu by JAXA.
~Japan can become a pioneer of space science if it continues its successes with its unparalleled sample return technology~ With the return of the...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed on July 21 that it plans to send its asteroid probe Hayabusa2 on another 10-year mission after...
Japan’s space agency announced that its Hayabusa2 space probe departed from asteroid Ryugu at 10:05 A.M. on November 13, 2019, Japan Time, embarking on its...
What does an asteroid look like? Specifically, what does Ryugu look like? Almost three months after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that...