The JAXA-developed Thermal InfraRed Imager (TIRI) onboard the Hera Spacecraft, the European Space Agency (ESA) binary asteroid explorer, performed the initial checkout from October 10th to 16th, 2024, ...

宇宙航空研究開発機構（JAXA）は今般、長年にわたり宇宙観測を行い2015年4月に運用を終了していた磁気圏観測衛星「あけぼの」が、自然落下により日本時間2024年11月26日13時48分ごろ、南米 ...

宇宙の多くの恒星は「連星」として生まれ、互いの重力や物質の影響を受けながら進化します。その中でも「はくちょう座X-3」は、大質量星の一種であるウォルフ・ライエ星とブラック ...

Binary star systems, where two stars orbit one another while exchanging matter and influencing each other gravitationally, hold the key to unraveling cosmic mysteries. Among these, Cygnus X-3 stands ...

A new extrasolar planet has been discovered! But the detection method has only measured a few of the planet’s properties. Is this world likely to be rocky or gaseous? Could the new planet be a member ...

Background: The Hayabusa2 spacecraft from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) explored the asteroid Ryugu and returned surface grains to Earth. It was anticipated that the grains brought ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced that the magnetospheric observation satellite "AKEBONO", which conducted space observations for many years and ceased operations in April ...

In April, 1955, the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, conducted an experiment to launch the 23 cm-long Pencil rocket. This was Japan's first step toward the completion of the ...

Sagamihara Campus was opened in April 1989 as the main facility of the former ISAS. Amid quiet surroundings with a view of Tanzawa Mountains in the distance, the campus contains the ...

宇宙科学研究所は、ユーザー（大学）から強い要請のある共同利用・共同研究環境の改善を図り、宇宙科学研究の中核拠点として大学等の研究者が十分活用できる場となるよう、大学共同 ...

Usuda Deep Space Center was founded to transmit operation commands to deep-space explorers and to receive observation data from explorers. The location was chosen for its environment to receive faint ...

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