In a historic collaboration, theEuropean Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have taken a ...

A Japanese spacecraft has released two small exploration robots on an asteroid in a research effort that may provide clues to the origin of the solar system. The Japan Space Exploration Agency said ...

On May 9, 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched Hayabusa, its mission to asteroid 25143 Itokawa. The ...

There's this one particular image of Mount Fuji that has come to dominate social media feeds in recent months. You've probably seen it. Japan's hulking, slightly snow-capped volcano rises from behind ...

Historic space partnership: ESA and JAXA have formalized cooperation on the Ramses mission, marking a major milestone in global planetary defense efforts. Rare asteroid flyby: Apophis will pass just ...

A cyberattack on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency potentially compromised highly confidential information concerning ...

Japan has selected its first new astronaut candidates in more than 13 years in preparation for future missions to the moon with NASA's Artemis program. Hiroshi Yamakawa, president of the Japan ...

Ilustration of the Hitomi x-ray astronomy satellite, launched by JAXA Feb. 17 with instruments from NASA and other space agencies. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita WASHINGTON — A senior official with the ...

JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine signed a joint statement Sept. 24 reaffirming plans to cooperate on lunar exploration, including Japanese contributions to the ...

Earlier this month, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) succeeded in bringing a sample of asteroid Ryugu back to Earth, in a remarkable feat which is only the second time an asteroid sample has even been ...

JAXA unveiled the Avatar X project in early September, revealing its plans to send humanoid machines controlled by human operators to space. Now, Japanese robotics company Meltin has announced that it ...