Most scientists think that Earth and Mars took shape this way from rocky pieces swirling around the young sun around 4.5 ...

On October 20th its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission lifted off from Tanegashima, an island in southern Japan. The ...

Mars is the obvious frontrunner, but it is far from an easy second home. The other candidates reveal just how rare truly human-friendly conditions may be.

Japan's Mars probe has launched. If successful, it will be the first mission to land on a Martian moon and return samples to ...

Japan’s MMX spacecraft launched on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and will collect soil from Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons.

Japan has launched MMX toward Mars, aiming to return at least 10 grams of material from Phobos in 2031. The mission will test competing explanations for the origins of Phobos and Deimos and ...

A spacecraft has launched from Japan headed for Mars' moon Phobos, where it will attempt to grab some moondust and bring it ...

JAXA, Japan's space agency, has launched a groundbreaking mission to retrieve samples from Phobos, a moon of Mars. The ...

Japan has successfully launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft on a mission to explore Mars' moons and bring samples of their surface material back to Earth. Led by the ...

Japan is scheduled to launch its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft on 20 October 2026 aboard an H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center ...

Japan has launched an ambitious mission to explore Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, and bring samples back to Earth for ...

The APL-developed MEGANE spectrometer will help scientists investigate the origins of the Red Planet’s small potato-shaped ...