Hayabusa2 successfully delivered pieces of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth in December 2020, marking a triumph for the Japan ...

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

When Watanabe began cooperating with JAXA for research in fiscal 2016 ... the lunar surface marked by weaker gravity than found on Earth. Providing a clue to the solution was the way newly ...

JAXA astronauts have conducted experiments aboard U.S. space shuttles and served aboard the International Space Station. Such activities take place within around 400 kilometers from Earth ...

The LignoSat probe's biodegradable nature is seen as a potential solution to preserving the Earth's environment, as it is constructed from wood, which does not burn or rot in the vacuum of space ...

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.