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Japan 's 273 million dollar black hole satellite is missing
Japanese cosmologists are searching for traces of Hitomi, a $ 250 million satellite, launched into orbit to study black holes.
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Video: Japan launches a satellite to study black holes
ASTRO-H satellites equipped with four X-ray telescopes and two gamma ray detectors were successfully launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, sout…
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The Hayabusa 2 probe is on its way to reach the JU3 Ryugu meteorite
The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has just confirmed that the probe Hayabusa 2 is on its way to reach meteorite 1999 JU3 (Ryugu) after successfully executing a s…
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Japan launches missiles carrying the first commercial satellite
On November 24, Japan's H-2A rocket carrying a Canadian information satellite was launched from Tanegashima island in southwestern Japan.
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Detecting a giant flower hole in the Sun.
The top floor of the Sun has a giant flower hole, 50 times larger than the Earth, causing the solar wind to function strongly, causing many aurora nights on Earth.
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Kounotori 5 Japanese transport ship leaves ISS to return to Earth
On September 29, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that the country's Kounotori 5 unmanned transport vessel for resupply had left the international spa…
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The moment Japan launched the Kounotori-5 spacecraft to ISS
This is considered a big step in Japan's contributions to the ISS research project.
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The world is about to have artificial meteor shower?
A Japanese astronomer and businessman said she was working on a plan to create artificial meteor shower to bring more fun to everyone.
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Japan plans to launch unmanned ships to the Moon
The Japan Aviation Research and Development Agency (JAXA) has announced plans to launch unmanned spacecraft to the Moon in 2018.
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Japan intends to clean up cosmic garbage with lasers
Japanese scientists are planning to use lasers to clean up garbage in space, limiting their impact on research programs.
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Japan successfully launched meteorite probes
On December 3, Japan Air Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the Hayabusa 2 meteorite exploration spacecraft.
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Japan launches the world's most advanced satellite
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on October 7, Japan successfully launched the Himawari-8 weather observing satellite from Tanegashima space center in Kagoshima Pr…
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Japan studied the construction of elevators in space
A lot of people want to go into space on an elevator.
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Kitty is about to fly into space
Reuters has reported that the Japanese messenger is extremely lovely, Hello Kitty cat is participating in the task of raising the Government to fly into space.