A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about ...

A Japanese spacecraft that once carried over 13,000 Hatsune Miku fan messages and drawings into space has officially ended ...

On May 21, 2010, the Akatsuki orbiter ("Dawn" in Japanese) launched from the Tanegashima Space Center atop a H-IIA Launch ...

Fifteen years after launch, JAXA has said goodbye to the spacecraft, our only working probe around Earth's "sister planet".

The simple-to-operate MPT30Ka SOTM achieves high performance with low power consumption within a protective portable dome ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on September 18 the official end of its Akatsuki mission, Japan's first Venus orbiter, after more than 15 years of operation ...

Japanese space agency, JAXA, lost contact with Akatsuki in April 2024, after the probe entered a low-precision attitude control mode near the end of its operational lifespan.

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, astronomers detected a strange, fast-moving object racing toward the Sun. Named ...

On July 1, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected what was first believed to be an asteroid. As ...

LONDON—Electro Optic Systems (EOS) is looking to demonstrate a new high-power laser system capable of burning through ...

On the occasion of Suparco Day today, Pakistan Post has issued a special series of three commemorative postage stamps celebrating Pakistan’s milestones in space exploration. The stamps highlight the ...

Donald Trump and Elon Musk haven't always gotten along, but the two powerful men became close political allies.