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ASTRONOMY

WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2014
Study finds solar system's water older than the sun
Water found in Earth's oceans, in meteorites and frozen in lunar craters predates the birth of the solar system, a study published on Thursday shows, a finding with implications for the search for life on other planets.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2014
SpaceX Falcon rocket blasts off from Florida
An unmanned Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday to deliver a cargo ship to the International Space Station for NASA.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 16, 2014
NASA's hunt for dangerous asteroids faltering despite 10-fold budget hike
NASA won't meet a congressionally ordered goal to find 90 percent of nearby and potentially dangerous asteroids larger than 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter, the agency's inspector general said on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2014
NASA says new heavy-lift rocket debut not likely until 2018
NASA's new heavy-lift rocket, designed to fly astronauts to the moon, asteroids and eventually Mars, likely will not have its debut test flight until November 2018, nearly a year later than previous estimates, agency officials said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 15, 2014
First dust particles from interstellar space are found in samples collected from comet
A NASA spacecraft that was dispatched 15 years ago to collect samples from a comet also snared what scientists suspect are the first dust specks from interstellar space.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 13, 2014
Europe's last cargo ship reaches the International Space Station
A European resupply line to the International Space Station closed on Tuesday with the arrival of a fifth and final freighter to the orbital outpost.
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Jul 25, 2014
Stargaze from the heart of the metropolis
The Roppongi Tenmon Club makes use of the complex's high-rise Mori Tower to give its members the opportunity to stargaze from the heart of the metropolis. Its Star Party, starting this month, offers other visitors three days of events — on July 25, Aug. 2 and Aug. 22 — where they can learn from astronomy...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 21, 2014
45 years after Apollo, U.S. split on lunar landings
Forty-five years after the first Apollo lunar landing, the United States remains divided about the moon's role in future human space exploration.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 2, 2014
Launchpad glitch delays liftoff of NASA carbon-hunting satellite
The launch of an unmanned Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was called off less than a minute before liftoff Tuesday when the launchpad's water system failed, a live NASA Television broadcast showed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2014
Bum parachute mars U.S. 'saucer' test
A helium balloon carrying an experimental saucer-shaped NASA spacecraft floated off a launch tower at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, on Saturday to test landing systems for future missions to Mars.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 19, 2014
Your ad in this space: Private companies fund cleanup of orbiting junk
Nobu Okada wants to save the planet from orbiting junk, which he says threatens to cut us off from the satellites we depend on and prevent us from traveling into space. But to help fund that, he needs to land a can of powdered sports drink on the moon.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 25, 2014
Citizen scientists to operate probe
A group of citizen scientists can take over a 36-year-old decommissioned robotic space probe that will fly by the Earth in August, NASA says.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 25, 2014
Space collision sent meteor to Chelyabinsk
An asteroid that exploded last year over Chelyabinsk, Russia, leaving more than 1,000 people injured by flying glass and debris, collided with another asteroid before hitting Earth, new research by scientists shows.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2014
Sleepy New Mexico town gears up for commercial launches as Spaceport America's moment of truth nears
After passing a sign reading, "Danger: falling aliens," New Mexico artist Roy Lohr and his dog, Yoda, lead visitors to the "spaceport" he has built in his backyard out of wine bottles and cement.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 4, 2014
Astronauts plan to grow lettuce for rocket salad
Most people associate NASA with rocket science, but now the U.S. space agency has turned its attention to rocket salad. A portable greenhouse to grow lettuce was taken to the International Space Station (ISS) during last week's supply mission.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 4, 2014
Astronomers discover madly whirling exoplanet
Scientists have for the first time measured the spin of a planet outside our solar system — a large gas planet located a relatively close 63 light-years from Earth.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 20, 2014
Telescope to probe deepest space
Cerro Armazones is a crumbling dome of rock that dominates the parched peaks of the Chilean coastal range north of Santiago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2014
Gravitational waves carry clues on big bang
The sighting came from a small telescope on the roof of a laboratory sitting on the ice sheet three-quarters of a mile (1.3 kilometers) from the geographic South Pole.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2014
Massive solar blasts missed Earth by days
Fierce solar blasts that could have badly damaged electrical grids and disabled satellites in space narrowly missed Earth in 2012, U.S. researchers said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 18, 2014
Gravitational waves following universe's expansion after Big Bang seen
Astronomers announce that they have discovered what many consider the holy grail of their field: ripples in the fabric of space-time that are echoes of the massive expansion of the universe that took place just after the Big Bang.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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