Japan’s Hitomi space telescope was ready to burn bright. But instead, the X-ray observatory became the second such satellite from JAXA to meet an untimely end. But not all hope is lost. It sent back a ...

Billed as “forever 17,” Hitomi Shiga is a legend in maid cafe culture in Tokyo’s Akihabara district. While dressing up in a maid costume and treating customers as masters and mistresses is her passion ...

Ilustration of the Hitomi x-ray astronomy satellite, launched by JAXA Feb. 17 with instruments from NASA and other space agencies. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita WASHINGTON — A senior official with the ...

Ilustration of the Hitomi x-ray astronomy satellite, launched by JAXA Feb. 17 with instruments from NASA and other space agencies. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita WASHINGTON — NASA and the Japan ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On February 17th, a new X-ray satellite ...

Shawn Mendes, 23, has cozied up to a new woman following his split from Camila Cabello, 24. The “Wonder” crooner was seen with YouTube yogi Hitomi Mochizuki in Hawaii on Feb. 4. The pair were engaged ...

Japan's most powerful x-ray satellite Hitomi got lost in space shortly after it launched, but it managed to beam back data that can help us better understand galaxy clusters. The space telescope got a ...

WASHINGTON — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is working to restore communications with a new astronomy satellite that malfunctioned March 26, generating debris. In a March 27 statement, ...

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