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  • Chandra Finds Remarkable Galactic Ribbon Unfurled

    Chandra Finds Remarkable Galactic Ribbon Unfurled

    An extraordinary ribbon of hot gas trailing behind a galaxy like a tail has been discovered using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.

  • 2015 highlights


    A look back at the highlights of 2015 for Europe in Space

  • A sparkling quintet


    Space Science Image of the Week: A multicolour view of the galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet as revealed by Herschel, XMM-Newton and ground observatories

  • [International Cooperation] JICA and JAXA Announce Forest Monitoring System Using ALOS-2 Satellite: Constant monitoring of deforestation throughout the tropics and open data access on the Internet

    The nineteenth session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-19), under the main theme entitled “Enriching the quality of life through innovative space programs,” successfully concluded its 4-day program on Friday, December 14, 2012, at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. APRSAF-19 was jointly organized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia (MOSTI), the National Space Agency of Malaysia (ANGKASA), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Approximately 380 participants from 33 countries and 14 international organizations attended the session.

    APRSAF-19, as was the case in the past, consisted of four working group (EO WG, CSA WG, SEA WG, and SEU WG) sessions that were held in parallel and the plenary. There were also relevant events in conjunctions with APRSAF-19 such as the water rocket event, Colloquium on Astronomy from ISS Kibo, SAFE workshop, Kibo-ABC workshop, Poster Contest, and APRSAF-19 exhibition.

    At the plenary session on Day 3, on December 13, opening remarks were made by the general co-chairs, Dr. Mustafa Din Subari, Director General, ANGKASA, Malaysia and Dr. Satoru Otake, Deputy Director General, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT, Japan, and Keynote addresses were delivered by Mr. Yoshinari Akeno, Deputy Director-General, Office of National Space Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan and Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Khatijah Bt. Mohd. Yusoff, Deputy Secretary General (Science), MOSTI, Malaysia. In the afternoon, a special session entitled “Enriching the quality of life through innovative space programs” was held with the participation as speakers of representatives of space agencies, such as ISRO/India, LAPAN/Indonesia, JAXA/Japan, KAZCOSMOS/Kazakhstan, GISTDA/Thailand and VAST/Vietnam. The session was chaired by Dr. Mustafai, Director General, ANGKASA.

    It was announced at the last plenary session, on December 14, that the next session, APRSAF-20, would be hosted by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and would take place in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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  • Week In Images


    Our week through the lens:
    7-11 December 2015

  • Christmas comet


    Season’s greetings from Rosetta and Philae

  • NASA Releases New High-Resolution Earthrise Image

    NASA Releases New High-Resolution Earthrise Image

    NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon.

  • See Tim live


    Watch ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s first live video link since he arrived at the International Space Station, today 14:15 GMT (15:15 CET)

  • Lightsabres for real


    ESA’s animated guide to lasers on Earth and in space, for kids of all ages

  • Mongolian marvel


    Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of Southern Mongolia, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

  • [Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] Akatsuki's IR2 successfully visualizes fine-scale undulations of Venus clouds!

    TOP > Topics > 2015 > Akatsuki’s IR2 successfully visualizes fine-scale undulations of Venus clouds!

    The first light image taken by Akatsuki’s IR2 has arrived.

    The 2-micron camera IR2 is one of four high-resolution science imagers onboard Akatsuki. It takes a time to take the first image, because the sensor array on IR2 should be cooled down to -200 °C before starting observations.

    This photo was taken on December 11, 4 days behind the other three cameras. By considering the super-rotation of the Venus atmosphere, this image should capture almost the same region that observed 4 days before by the other cameras.

    The filter bandpass (2-micron) is within a strong absorption band of carbon dioxide, and undulations of clouds appear in 2-micron images as brightness. The IR2 image shows the cloud tops are lower both the South and North Polar Regions, as already known. On the other hand, it reveals, for the first time, striped patterns at low latitude region and meridionary-extended structures. We expect to get clues to unveil the dynamics of cloud layers and atmosphere of Venus by future observations and analysis.

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    December 18, 2015

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  • NuSTAR's View of Galaxy 1068

    NuSTAR's View of Galaxy 1068

    Galaxy 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on visible-light images from both NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

  • NuSTAR's View of Galaxy 1068

    Galaxy 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on visible-light images from both NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.