An anomaly has forced the Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 into protective "safe mode" while journeying ...

The maximum Arctic sea extent this winter was 13,790,000 square kilometers on March 20, smaller than the previous record low ...

South African women were inspired by Amahle Jaxa who shared her story behind her full-time bald look in a Dove campaign that ...

There are two things that Elon Musk absolutely loves - space exploration and sharing memes on X (formerly Twitter).

Gitai’s Japanese subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to conduct a concept ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...

Among their accomplishments was documenting the historic landing of JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe, making Japan only the fifth country to land an unmanned spacecraft on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. JAXA's Internal Ball Camera-2 floats inside the Japan Experiment Module (JEM) aboard the ...

Dr Naoko Sugita is an adviser to the director of the country’s Earth Observation Research Center and works closely with both NASA and the ESA.

For the first time in a government space agency in the world, JAXA has scrapped the academic requirement for astronauts. By no longer requiring prospective astronauts to have educational ...

Ball2, a little blue-eyed floating robot that monitors the International Space Station, is winning many hearts online. O post ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has selected Spirent Communications to supply its lunar positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) simulation solution. The solution will support JAXA’s ...