The Japanese space agency sends a probe to Phobos, one of the great mysteries of the solar system. The goal is to collect ...

We cover the news of the successful launch of the H3 rocket Flight 10, which carried the Japan-led Martian Moons eXploration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples. Five of ...

An H3 launch vehicle, a rocket developed through a partnership between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), launched the Martian Moons eXplorer (MMX) mission to ...

A Japanese-led mission has launched to explore Mars’ two mysterious little moons and determine how they formed — and unlock ...

Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a five-year expedition to land on the largest moon of Mars and retrieve ...

Japan is embarking on a mission to collect soil and rock samples from Mars’ moon and return them to Earth. The goal is to ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to launch its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission today at 3:41 p.m. ET. The first-of-its-kind endeavor will send a spacecraft to survey both of ...

To travel through space for five years just to obtain a mere 10 grams of sand.What would you think if you heard that?Ten ...

The MMX probe will land on Phobos to collect samples that may include grains blasted off Mars. Finding water or organic ...

Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind ...