18 January 2016
Does a second black hole lurk near the centre of the Milky Way?
... to be detected. Using the Nobeyama 45-m Telescope in Japan and the ASTE Telescope in Chile, a team led by Tomoharu Oka, a professor... at Keio University in Japan used both radio telescopes to observe this mysterious object...
10 February 2016
Igor Ashurbeyli Awarded UNESCO Medal
... Medal receipients for contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies include Professor Isamu Akasaki (Japan), 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, Professor emeritus of Nagoya University, Professor of Meijo University, Member of The...
08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
...presence at the IAC to sign two further agreements with Israel and Japan. For SpaceIL’s up and coming mission to the Moon, which ...venture. While already formal partners, NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) agreed to strengthen ties...
16 March 2020
Porous nature of Ryugu suggests formation from fluffy particles, new study says
New data from Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission has revealed that the sizeable space rock ...by Tatsuaki Okada at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) in Japan, have now shown that the asteroid’s boulders which litter the surface, and their...
10 April 2020
A recently discovered stellar black hole could be the most massive yet, say astronomers
...a BHB. MAXI is designed to do just that. Built by Japan, MAXI surveys around 85 percent of the sky approximately every 92 minutes... behind the discovery, headed by Mayu Tominaga from Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), set about pinpointing ...
29 April 2020
Scientists discover ancient nitrogen-bearing organic material in martian meteorite
... Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and research scientist Mizuho Koike from the Institute of Space and Astronautical... Science at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) say they are ...
