The name mikazuki isn’t random. It is a nod to the local history of the Tohoku region, derived from the Japanese word for ...

Japan ends the Akatsuki mission after more than a decade studying Venusian weather, revealing super-rotation, giant gravity ...

Snowfall and strong winds affected parts of Hokkaido and the Tohoku region on Tuesday, January 20, as a low-pressure system moved across northern Japan. Snow accumulated rapidly in some areas, while ...

Japan’s landscape has been shaped by some of the strongest forces on Earth — volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates and ...

Is Greenland really as big as it seems? Find out more about its true size with five maps that might change your ...

Four astronauts return to Earth early in Nasa’s first-ever medical evacuation - Their mission has been cut short by over a ...

As the Earth warms, new shipping routes from one side of the globe to the other are opening around Greenland, making the vast ...

Where tourists map end and the the fences begin, lie places that aren't marketed, photographed, or casually stumbled into, ...

A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Japan on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:18 a.m. Japan time about 11 miles south of Matsue ...

An astronaut in need of doctors' care departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday in NASA's ...

One of the many capabilities of the new SSM is the ability to spiral during its attack run to help evade close-in gun systems ...

Seven hundred billion dollars. That’s the figure being floated as the potential price tag for acquiring Greenland, according ...