A new study has cast doubt on the theory that Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos were once a single moon…
The samples obtained by Hayabusa2 have revealed that the Near Earth Asteroid Ryugu contains 20 strains of amino acids -…
JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, is carving out a niche for itself in sample-return missions. Their Hayabusa mission was…
Comets, with their long, beautiful, bright tails of ice, are some of the most spectacular sightings in the night sky.…
In 2014, the Japanese Space Agency JAXA launched the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft to visit asteroid Ryugu. It arrived at the…
BepiColombo made a quick visit to Venus in August and is on to its next rendezvous. On October 1st it'll…
Japan's space agency (JAXA) is gearing up for its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, with plans to have a sample…
Two spacecraft made historic flybys of Venus last week, and both sent back sci-fi-type views of the mysterious, cloud-shrouded planet.…
Predicting volcanic eruptions is notoriously tricky. In large part this is because volcanos are unique, each with their own quirks…
Japan plans to send a robotic rover to explore the surface of the Moon. Here's the kicker, it transforms!