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A drawing of Fujiwara no Teika, known as a courtier, <i>waka</i> poet and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 10, 2026
Japanese researchers look at 800-year-old books and trees for signs of extreme solar events
Japan has a wealth of old literature that provides scientists with clues on past climate events.
The Artemis II crew take a selfie midway through their lunar observation period on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2026
Artemis II’s awe reminds us of science’s fragility and importance
Artemis II is a desperately needed reminder of the magic that can happen when humans come together to realize a lofty goal.
This handout picture released on Wednesday by NASA shows a view of the moon, including the Orientale basin and the dark lava plains visible, as seen from the Orion spacecraft on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2026
NASA’s lunar success sharpens focus on China’s 2030 crewed landing goal
Four U.S. astronauts on the Artemis II mission this week flew past the moon’s shadowed far side, traveling deeper into space than any humans before.
A view of the moon backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, as photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft&#039;s solar arrays during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the moon on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 8, 2026
‘Screams of delight’: Artemis crew flying home to thrilled NASA scientists
Of note was their stunning shot of an Earthset, the moment when Earth drops below the rugged lunar horizon.
The moon is seen as the Artemis II mission&#039;s Orion spacecraft approaches its furthest distance from Earth, in this screen shot taken from livestreamed video.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 7, 2026
Artemis II moon crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before
The six-hour flyby, which swooped to ​within 6,550 km of the lunar surface, came six days into the world’s first voyage of astronauts to the vicinity of the moon.
SpaceX intends to earmark a large portion of shares for retail ​investors in its highly anticipated initial public offering planned for later this year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 7, 2026
SpaceX lays out IPO details, targets early June roadshow, sources say
SpaceX is rewriting the initial public offering playbook with a large portion of shares earmarked for retail investors.
The Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 1.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 6, 2026
On NASA’s moon mission, the biggest headache has been the toilet
Getting the complicated piece of equipment, known as the Universal Waste Management System, to work properly during the flight has become a recurring issue.
NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft&#039;s main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels toward the moon on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2026
Artemis astronauts preparing for historic lunar flyby
The next major milestone of the approximately 10-day journey is expected overnight Sunday into Monday, at which point the astronauts will enter the “lunar sphere of influence.”
This screen shot from a live broadcast shows NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch (left), NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover (second left), Canadian Space Agency astronaut Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen (second right) and NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman during a press call as they travel toward the moon in the Orion spacecraft on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2026
Artemis astronauts more than halfway to moon, putting Earth in rearview
NASA’s online dashboard showed Saturday that the Orion spacecraft was more than 229,000 kilometers from Earth.
The Orion spacecraft on its second day into the Artemis II mission on Friday
WORLD
Apr 4, 2026
58 tortillas, five hot sauces and one toilet: life aboard spacecraft Orion
They’re sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets — astronauts, they’re just like us.
An artist&#039;s impression shows a stellar explosion with subtle hints of a black hole binary in the background.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2026
Scientists find evidence for theorized gargantuan star explosions
Scientists since the 1960s have theorized the existence of ultra-powerful supernovas, and have now come up with evidence for them — albeit indirect.
NASA&#039;s Artemis II rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday, carrying four astronauts on the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years.
COMMENTARY
Apr 3, 2026
Is NASA’s moon mission the end for legacy space firms?
The future belongs to the producers of reusable rockets, led by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin scrambling to catch up.
NASA&#039;s Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 2, 2026
NASA’s moon mission tests aerospace old guard as SpaceX and Blue Origin hover
The mission is a key test of whether the agency’s traditional contractor-built systems can remain viable in a rapidly shifting space industry.
NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 2, 2026
NASA astronauts reach safe orbit in historic moon mission
The launch kicked off a landmark journey that will take them closer to the lunar surface than anyone has been in more than 50 years.
People photograph NASA&#039;s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, on Pad 39B ahead of the Artemis II mission launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD
Mar 30, 2026
Why is NASA spending $100 billion to return to the moon? Depends on who you ask.
It could be a race with China, sustainability, or simply that the lunar surface is the next logical place for NASA to showcase its technological progress.
A model of lunar lander "Resilience," operated by ispace, is displayed at a venue where ispace employees monitored the company&#039;s attempt to land on the moon, in Tokyo, on June 6.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2026
Japan’s Ispace delays NASA-sponsored moon landing to 2030
The announcement highlights a murky outlook for the venture, as the U.S. revamps missions with commercial and international partners to send ​astronauts to the moon before China.
Scientists said Monday that all the essential ingredients for making the DNA and RNA that underpin life on Earth have been found in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 17, 2026
Ingredients of life discovered in Ryugu asteroid samples
The discovery comes after these building blocks of life were detected on another asteroid called Bennu.
Chickpeas grown in a mixture that included lunar soil simulant inside a climate-controlled growth chamber at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2026
With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in ‘moon dirt’
The development marks a step toward enabling astronauts on long-term moon missions to produce their own food.
Space One's Kairos rocket
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2026
Third time still not a charm: Space One cancels rocket launch
This is the second time the 18-meter rocket was canceled in the past week, after Wednesday’s attempt was also postponed due to the weather.
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman speaks about the Artemis program at a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday.
WORLD
Feb 28, 2026
NASA announces overhaul of Artemis lunar program amid technical delays
NASA on Friday abruptly said it was shaking up its Artemis lunar program that has suffered multiple delays in recent years, a bid to ensure Americans can return to the moon's surface by 2028.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men&#039;s restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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