A suspected meteor exploded in the sky over Tokyo, Japan, early on July 2, generating a spectacular fireball that excited locals and skywatchers at the International Meteor Organization (IMO).
It’s hardly the stuff of little green men, but a mysterious balloon-like object seen floating across the skies of northern Japan has captured national attention, even prompting questions to the government.
Spoiler alert: This spaceship did not explode. But it looked like it did.
Although Defense Minister Taro Kono doesn’t believe in UFOs, he wants the Self-Defense Forces to have a plan in place for any encounter–just in case.
The carbon-rich asteroid Ryugu may have come together just 10 million years or so ago.
Other attempts by the Soviet Union and Russia have failed, but Japan could be the first to land on Mars’ moon, Phobos.
Japanese researchers discovered 143 stunning geoglyphs of humans, birds, camels and other animals etched into the desert in southern Peru around the mysterious Nazca Lines.
A Japanese spacecraft left a distant asteroid on Wednesday, starting its yearlong journey home after successfully completing its mission to gather soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, the country’s space agency said.
Two target markers deployed around Ryugu ahead of lander’s planned descent next month
Millions of years after the ancestors of humans evolved to lose their tails, a research team at Japan’s Keio University have built a robotic one they say could help unsteady elderly people keep their balance.
