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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 2, 2015
Comet sinkholes big enough to swallow Great Pyramid, Rosetta images show
The comet being studied by Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has massive sinkholes in its surface that are nearly wide enough to swallow Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, research published on Wednesday shows.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2015
Remembering when space could still awe us
Through a strange process of inversion, the U.S. victory in the 1960s space race against the Soviet Union rendered space travel boring.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 22, 2015
SpaceX capsule splashes down with cargo after five-week ISS stay
A Space Exploration Technologies Dragon cargo capsule made a parachute splashdown into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, wrapping up a five-week stay at the International Space Station.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2015
Emergency escape system succeeds as SpaceX puts Dragon passenger spaceship through test run
A Space Exploration Technologies passenger spaceship made a quick debut test flight on Wednesday, shooting itself off a Florida launchpad to demonstrate a key emergency escape system.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2015
Failed Russian ISS resupply spacecraft expected to burn up on re-entry Friday
An unmanned Russian spacecraft on a failed resupply run to the International Space Station is heading back toward Earth faster than original predictions, with a fiery demise in the atmosphere expected early on Friday, U.S. Air Force tracking data show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 1, 2015
NASA's Messenger orbiter slams into Mercury
NASA's pioneering Messenger spacecraft ended its four-year study of the planet Mercury on Thursday by crashing into the planet's surface, scientists said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2015
Spacecraft spots possible Pluto polar cap
NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has spotted surface features on the icy world, including a possible polar cap, images released on Wednesday show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 17, 2015
NASA spacecraft on collision course with Mercury
A NASA spacecraft that made surprising discoveries of ice and other materials on Mercury will crash on the planet around April 30, scientists said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 13, 2015
NASA confirms ocean on Jupiter moon, raising prospects for life
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 9, 2015
SpaceX rocket to launch weather satellite into deep space
A SpaceX rocket is scheduled on Sunday to launch a U.S. satellite from deep storage to deep space, where it will keep tabs on solar storms and image Earth from nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million km) away.
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2015
Kepler still studying the skies
NASA's Kepler spacecraft, launched in 2009, continues to troll for planets in the Milky Way galaxy. Early this month, scientists announced it had made its 1,000th find.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 16, 2015
NASA probe's 3 billion-mile trip to end in protoplanet orbit
A NASA spaceship, its engines too weak to power a skateboard, is drawing closer to a never-visited dwarf planet in a quest to learn more about how Earth was formed.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2014
NASA's Mars capsule will never land on Mars
Rather than admit the many shortcomings of the Orion space capsule, NASA has boldly promoted its development as the first step in America's journey to Mars. But it will not be going to Mars.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2014
NASA Mars rover Curiosity finds key evidence for lake at landing site
Billions of years ago, a lake once filled the 96-mile- (154-km) wide crater being explored by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, bolstering evidence that the planet most like Earth in the solar system was suitable for microbial life, scientists said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2014
Orion, NASA's new unmanned spaceship, blasts off for trial run
A U.S. spaceship designed to one day fly astronauts to Mars blasted off Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for a 4½-hour unmanned trial run around Earth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2014
NASA scrubs Orion test flight; launch reset for Friday
The launch of NASA's deep-space Orion capsule for a test flight around Earth was delayed on Thursday after a last-minute technical problem with its rocket, NASA said.
WORLD
Nov 28, 2014
Earthlings to beam 90,000 hellos to Mars
Radio telescopes on Earth will beam 90,000 messages to Mars on Friday to commemorate the launch 50 years ago of the first robotic probe to visit the planet.
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.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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