Mysterious Blue and Pink Auroras Over Japan Challenge Scientific Understanding

The sun is at its solar maximum — which means more auroras are likely in store

Japan's priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria

New pterosaur species discovered in Japan. Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of quetzalcoatline azhdarchid pterosaur, Nipponopterus mifunensis, from Japan's Late Cretaceous period.