Cargo ship suffers epic losses after 2,000 containers topple over during a storm en route to Japan 

Cargo ship suffers epic losses after 2,000 containers topple over during a storm en route to Japan Containership, ONE Apus, arrived at the Port of Kobe, Japan, on Tuesday  It lost 1,816 cargo containers 1,600 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii   The ship reportedly encountered 52-foot waves during its journey  By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: … Read more

Geology: Hot rock rising beneath central Greenland is melting the ice from below

Flow of hot rocks rising from the core–mantle boundary beneath central Greenland is melting the ice from below and contributing to sea-level rise, study finds Experts from Japan mapped the plume of molten rock rising under Greenland To do this, they analysed the speed of seismic waves travelling beneath the Earth The plume rises from … Read more

Hayabusa2 capsule carrying samples from distant asteroid lands in Australia

A capsule released by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft containing samples from a distant asteroid has landed in southern Australia after travelling three billion miles on a six year voyage.  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) said the Hayabusa2 craft had successfully released the small capsule on Saturday and sent it towards Earth to deliver samples from … Read more

Hayabusa2 capsule carrying samples from distant asteroid lands in Australia

A capsule released by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft containing samples from a distant asteroid has landed in southern Australia after travelling three billion miles on a six year voyage.  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) said the Hayabusa2 craft had successfully released the small capsule on Saturday and sent it towards Earth to deliver samples from … Read more

Chinese scientists claim to have achieved quantum supremacy with new computer

Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer which is 100trillion times faster than the world’s most advanced supercomputer – Japan’s Fugaku. The prototype of the groundbreaking machine is able to perform a calculation which would take a traditional computer billions of years to figure out.  The breakthrough means the country has achieved quantum … Read more

Chinese scientists claim to have achieved quantum supremacy with new computer

Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer which is 100trillion times faster than the world’s most advanced supercomputer – Japan’s Fugaku. The prototype of the groundbreaking machine is able to perform a calculation which would take a traditional computer billions of years to figure out.  The breakthrough means the country has achieved quantum … Read more

FIREBALL to light up the Australian sky on Sunday morning as Hayabusa2 returns to Earth

A FIREBALL is set to light up the Australian sky on Sunday morning as a capsule containing the first asteroid samples returns to Earth – providing clues about the origins of our planet Japanese capsule carrying first sub-surface samples returning to earth  A fireball will light up the sky over the South Australian outback when … Read more

FIREBALL to light up the Australian sky on Sunday morning as Hayabusa2 returns to Earth

A FIREBALL is set to light up the Australian sky on Sunday morning as a capsule containing the first asteroid samples returns to Earth – providing clues about the origins of our planet Japanese capsule carrying first sub-surface samples returning to earth  A fireball will light up the sky over the South Australian outback when … Read more

Japan’s Crown Prince Fumihito  ‘approves’ daughter Princess Mako’s plans to marry

Japan’s Crown Prince Fumihito has revealed he ‘approves’ of Princess Mako’s plans to marry – despite his daughter delaying the wedding for the second time last month.   Princess Mako, 28, who studied in Edinburgh, Dublin and Leicester, will be forced to give up her title in order to marry long-term boyfriend Kei Komuro, whom she … Read more

Earth is 2,000 light-years closer to a supermassive black hole in our galaxy than first thought

Earth is 2,000 light-years closer to a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than first thought Japan’s space agency has created a new map of the Milky Way The team has been collecting data for the past 15 years, revealing new insights   Earth is only 25,800 light years away from a supermassive … Read more