JAXA

Ryugu asteroid: It came from the outer solar system, say scientists

Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe samples reveal coarse-grained phyllosilicates that may have served as 'cradles' for organics and water

Science16 Aug 2022 | 16

Japanese space agency to put massive HPC cloud to the test

If only we'd had this kind of compute before we launched Hubble

HPC25 Jul 2022 |

Japan's asteroid probe reportedly found 20 amino acids

They're the stuff of life, so the fact they're floating around out there is very exciting

Science07 Jun 2022 | 70

Bonus features: Sony uses Blu-ray tech to simulate 466Mbps laser link from the stratosphere to space

Together with Japanese space agency, now imagining optical comms terminals on sats

Networks28 Jan 2022 | 11

Boffins' first take on asteroid dust from Japanese probe: Carbon rich, less lumpy than expected

The five grams of Ryugu we got suggests it's made of the same stuff as the outer Sun

Science22 Dec 2021 | 79

Fancy being an astronaut but didn't go to uni? Your time may have finally come

Japanese space agency wants 'nauts with good eyesight and work experience – no degree required

Science23 Nov 2021 | 5

ESA and JAXA release Mercury eyecandy, courtesy of spacecraft BepiColumbo

Fourth of nine scheduled planetary assists completed as spacecraft inches closer to releasing its orbiters

Science04 Oct 2021 | 19

Honda to build reusable rockets to sling sats, but won't scare SpaceX

Also plans remote-controlled robots with fingers and jar-opening capabilities, to help run a moon base

Science01 Oct 2021 | 3

Japan's aerospace agency hooks up with Boeing to make planes quieter when they land

Hope to address the noise of airflows over flaps and other parts as that can be louder than engines

Science20 Aug 2021 | 76

Japan plans remote-controlled robotic space tourism to the ISS and beyond

'Avatars' that roam around space station, or do work with high performance hands, to be controllable from the ground

Science27 Jul 2021 | 6

Honda links arms with JAXA to prepare humans for life in outer space with 'circulative renewable energy system'

Car maker to draw upon its investments in hydrogen fuel tech

Science14 Jun 2021 | 8

Japan to send ‘transforming robot’ to the Moon in 2022

It’s a pathfinder for Toyota’s planned self-driving lunar buggy, and tiny compared to Optimus Prime

Science27 May 2021 | 27

Japan accuses Chinese military of cyber-attacks on its space agency

200 other companies also targeted, but no data lost

Security21 Apr 2021 | 4

We got it! Japanese space agency confirms its probe has Ryugu asteroid samples

Andromeda Strain anyone?

Science15 Dec 2020 | 30

No, it's not the trailer for the new Dune, it's the potential view from the 'Super Hi-Vision Camera' on Japan's 2024 mission to Mars

Hayabusa's heading home, but 8K's going to Mars

Science10 Sep 2020 | 10

Japanese probe to land asteroid rock sample in Australia on December 6th

Your order [Ref #RYUGU_REGOLITH | Picked up by probe #HAYABYUSA2] has shipped!

Science14 Jul 2020 | 19

Japan to test self-destructing satellite to shrink space junk with string and an inanimate carbon blob

Now that launches and cubesats are cheap, ‘post-mission disposal’ has become more important

Science09 Jun 2020 | 31

International space station testing Wi-Fi links with incoming craft, with an eye on autonomous docking

Japanese mission also carrying rolling remote-control robot atop last of a famous rocket family

Networks21 May 2020 | 14

International space station connects 100Mbps symmetric space laser ethernet using Sony optical disc tech

As the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group launches discussion of Solar System Internet

Networks01 May 2020 | 41

SpaceX's Elon Musk high on success after counting '420' Starlinks in orbit and Frosty the Starship survives cryo test

Roundup Also: Russia sends another freighter filled with astro goodies to ISS

Science28 Apr 2020 | 38

BEHOLD! Japan's Hayabusa2 probe left human imprints on ASTEROID SAND

Sure, the bullet couldn't shift a big boulder, but it may have learned Ryugu's composition and birthday

Science26 Mar 2020 | 17

Oops: Rockets lighting their tails is a good thing – but not three-plus hours before lift-off

Japanese cargo spaceship launch scrubbed after premature deflagration

Science11 Sep 2019 | 15

Hayabusa2 stirs up rubble on surface of Ryugu, pokes asteroid with sampling horn

Second successful excursion for JAXA boffins

Science12 Jul 2019 | 6

Japan's mission to mine Mars' moon is cleared – now they've filled out the right paperwork on alien world contamination

In space no one can hear you complete form P6719 in triplicate for astro-mandarins

Science14 May 2019 | 64

Water big surprise: H2O found in samples of 'dry' asteroid brought to Earth over millions of miles by plucky probe

Parched Itokawa was hiding watery tricks up its sleeve

Science03 May 2019 | 25

Slip-sliding to May: Another Dragon delay and JAXA makes a bigger splash

Round-up Ooooh, and lets not forget Manx Moon Stamps 'cos everyone loves an anniversary

Science29 Apr 2019 | 10

Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe has got the horn for space rock Ryugu – a sampling horn, that is

Asteroid bits collected. Next step, to hadouken a crater

Science22 Feb 2019 | 24

Rocket Labs mean business, Brits stick pin in Mars map, and Japan celebrates HTV-7’s dive into the atmosphere

Roundup Another way ISS 'nauts can send stuff home

Science13 Nov 2018 | 13

It's Two Spacecraft, One Mission as BepiColombo gets ready to launch

JAXA and ESA in a tree, going to visit Mercury

Science19 Oct 2018 | 23

JAXA probe's lucky MASCOT plonks down on space rock Ryugu without a hitch

16 hours of rocking and rolling before the power runs out

Science03 Oct 2018 | 25

Bouncing robots land on asteroid 180m miles away amid mission to fetch sample for Earth

Second time lucky for Japan after first try proved a bust

Science21 Sep 2018 | 28

SpaceX dodges lightning while storms keep Japan earthbound

Telstar to blast broadband over Asia while ISS astros face fresh underwear delay

Science10 Sep 2018 | 25

Solar winds will help ESA probe smell what Mercury's cookin'

Sun's exhalations whip up molecules on planets with weak magnetic fields

Science13 Jun 2018 | 9

Japan finds long, deep tunnel on the Moon

With fewer meteors, lower radiation and better weather, this is a nice place for a colony

Science20 Oct 2017 | 67

Sailor Moon? More like sail to the Moon: Japan vows to set foot on lunar soil by 2030

All part of the wider plan to visit the dusty wasteland of Mars

Science30 Jun 2017 | 19

Japan's Venus probe power plight panacea: Turn it off and on again ...and again and again...

Ill-fated Akatsuki suffers more setbacks – now, its cameras

Science04 Mar 2017 | 20

Japan tries to launch satellite on rocket the size of a telegraph pole

And fails: the launcher's second stage failed to ignite so it ditched into the sea

Science17 Jan 2017 | 34

Japanese robot space maid will incinerate Earth's dead satellites

Vid Caretaker craft launched today in ISS cargo supply run

Science09 Dec 2016 | 50

Jaxa's litany of errors spun Hitomi to pieces

Agency releases analysis of why the satellite broke up

Science01 Jun 2016 | 18

Japan's Hitomi space 'scope bricked, declared lost after software bug

Untested commands bork $286m instrument

Science29 Apr 2016 | 44

JAXA confirms ASTRO-H breakup

Space oddity blamed

Science03 Apr 2016 | 21

Hope for Hitomi after tumbling space 'scope phones home

Communicates less than a kid in college

Science30 Mar 2016 | 15

Japan loses contact with new space 'scope just weeks after launch

Update: signals received Tanegashima, we have a problem

Science28 Mar 2016 | 30

Hacked Japanese space probe sends back first pictures of Venus

Belated visitor will skim 400km above planet's surface

Science09 Dec 2015 | 28

Japanese hack gets space probe back on track

The little engines that could

Science07 Dec 2015 | 43

Japan's 'White Stork' soars heavenwards to ISS

Resupply mission space truck safely off the ground

Science19 Aug 2015 | 31

Boffins brew up FIRST CUPPA in SPAAACE using wireless energy (well, sort of)

High output of solar power enough to run an electric kettle

Science15 Mar 2015 | 44

FOUR, count 'em, FOUR big rockets launching in next seven days

NASA tests Orion, Japanese head to asteroid, France and China loft satellites

Science02 Dec 2014 | 14

Japan pauses asteroid BOMBING raid – still no word from Bruce Willis?

Hayabusa2 blaster won't fly until December

Science28 Nov 2014 | 21

Earthly astronomers catch best-ever image of MASSIVE solar flare

Pics and video Five telescopes catch X-class belch in exquisite detail

Science09 May 2014 | 9

Japanese space boffins set to map the world in 3D

Two years and counting for PRISM project...

On-Prem06 Mar 2014 | 4

US, Japan prep new rainfall sat for launch

GPM observatory set to fly late Feb

Science28 Jan 2014 | 1

Malware slurps rocket data from Japanese space agency

Secrets of Epsilon go out the door

Security30 Nov 2012 | 18

Japan takes second shot at extraterrestrial sampling with Hayabusa 2

Damp asteroid 1999 JU3 may hold clues to Earth’s life

Science01 Feb 2012 | 7

Japan launches, orbits radar spy satellite

Fingers crossed that this one can snoop Norks

Science12 Dec 2011 | 10

Japan plans space debris fishing trip

Unfurls really big metal net

Science01 Feb 2011 | 37