An astronaut in need of medical care has departed the International Space Station with three crewmates in Nasa's first-ever ...

In a historic first for the International Space Station, NASA astronauts will return early following a medical emergency in orbit.

The crew returning from the ISS are expected to splash down on Thursday evening (AEDT) in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.

Last year was Earth’s third hottest globally, but temperature is just one measure of climate change’s influence.

Japan has launched the world’s first test to extract rare earth elements from deep-sea mud, aiming to reduce its reliance on ...

Japan Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi called on “like-minded” Indo-Pacific nations to link defense and capability efforts ...

Plastic flows across the Pacific with no apparent speed. Some fragments have been moving for years, thinning and softening as ...

Taiwan is about to be repossessed by China if Japan makes a preemptive move. And if Japan and South Korea don’t watch their flanks, they maybe be encircled by China, Russia, and North Korea. If that ...

For Takaichi, U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to capture the president of Venezuela and his fiery rhetoric toward ...

A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo's drive to ...

TOKYO -- A Japanese marine research vessel set sail on Monday for a historic month-long mission to extract mud containing ...