Feb 4, 2022Cosmos blog
Daring the deep space adventure together: Professor Dr Hansjörg Dittus speaks on the importance of friendship between institutes at the ISAS Award Ceremony
Feb 3, 2022ISAS GATE
When and how did Japanese jade rabbit begin to pound rice cake?
Jan 27, 2022ISAS GATE
The 900-million-km-long journey of asteroids that brought us the materials for life --- Understanding the history of the formation of the Solar System with the clue of ammonium-bearing minerals
Jan 24, 2022Cosmos blog
Global Space News: Fulfilling the mission tag line, "Touch the Sun", NASA's Parker Solar Probe has conducted "in-situ" observations of the solar atmosphere (corona). Our researchers take a look at the importance of understanding our nearest star.
Jan 19, 2022ISAS GATE
Study of optical material for next-generation high-resolution spectroscopic observation: Revealing the cause of infrared absorption in CdZnTe crystals at cryogenic temperature
Jan 14, 2022Cosmos blog
Global Space News: Grains from Itokawa offer a new route for the Earth's water. Our researchers discuss what this may mean for the habitability of planets.
Jan 7, 2022Asteroid
If we're ready to explore, how about this destination? Asteroid with a refreshed surface after losing its top layer discovered in the asteroid belt.
Dec 27, 2021Cosmos blog
A new era of astronomy opens with the launch of the NASA-led Webb telescope! ISAS researcher Ryan Lau describes on Cosmos one of the telescope's first observation programs.
Dec 23, 2021Magnetosphere
Ions and electrons in outer space exchange energy via radio waves
Dec 23, 2021Asteroid
A first look at the composition of the sample from asteroid Ryugu with the infrared spectroscopic microscope, MicrOmega.
Dec 22, 2021Asteroid
Ryugu is a primitive asteroid rich in water and organic matter ─ A first look at the unprocessed carbonaceous asteroid sample returned by Hayabusa2 ─
Dec 15, 2021ISAS GATE
Dissipation timescale of dust in protoplanetary disks revealed with Japanese satellite AKARI
Dec 9, 2021ISAS GATE
Success in Visualizing the "Propagation Path" of Electromagnetic Waves from Space to Ground
Dec 9, 2021Topics
Collaboration with KEK for the cosmic microwave background polarisation observation mission. LiteBIRD.
Dec 7, 2021Cosmos blog
Global space news: We look at the highlights of the US Astro2020 decadal survey
Nov 19, 2021ISAS GATE
Inner structure of the doughnut-shaped molecular gas surrounding a black hole at the galactic center revealed with absorption lines of carbon monoxide
Nov 15, 2021Cosmos blog
Global space news: NASA's Lucy mission is headed for the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Our researchers discuss what this new exploration of small bodies may find.
Nov 10, 2021Topics
ISAS Director General, KUNINAKA Hitoshi, receives the "Medal with Purple Ribbon" honour award