Finding certain complex molecules in large quantities on another world could be a sign of life. Living things build complicated molecules in bulk, and chemistry without life mostly doesn’t.
A stunning new image of asteroid Ryugu has left viewers unsettled—not because of the rocky surface, but the eerie, endless ...
Phobos and Mars’s other moon, Deimos, are small, respectively about 22km and 12km across, and look like lumpy potatoes. That ...
The 10th H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4.41 am local time, carrying the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe developed by the Japan Aerospace ...
At the end of 2005, the asteroid explorer 'Hayabusa' lost communication with Earth and went missing somewhere in space. Fuel ...
Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe began a long journey on Tuesday, with its outbound trip to exceed 500 million kilometers. Will the mission, which aims to deliver samples from the Martian ...
Have you ever seen real sand that has returned from space?Japan has facilities for training astronauts and facilities for ...
Japan has launched the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, which is designed to explore Phobos and Deimos—Mars’s two ...
Late on October 19, Moscow time, the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched toward Mars. Its mission is to study the Red ...
Japanese space agency JAXA has successfully launched a mission to visit the moons of Mars — and bring a sample back to Earth.
The MMX probe set off for Phobos along with a rover, which will crash onto the surface of Mars' moon without braking. Here's ...
Japan's next space adventure has a small, potato-shaped destination and ambitions that reach far beyond its size .