Engineers at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are still hoping they can keep the partially crippled Akari infrared astronomy satellite running despite a major electrical failure that ...

As the AKARI satellite nears completion of its All Sky Survey, it has released two stunning images of the Large Magellanic Cloud. AKARI is an infrared astronomical satellite from the Japan Aerospace ...

The 21st Scientific Satellite “Akari” which was launched by the M-V Launch Vehicle No. 8 from the Uchinoura Space Center at 6:28 a.m. on February 22, 2006 (Japan Standard Time, JST), was found to be ...

A research group led by a University of Tokyo researcher, using the AKARI satellite's Far-Infrared All-Sky data, have created all-sky image maps and released the full database to researchers around ...

PARIS, July 12 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says Japan's high-capability infrared satellite AKARI continues to produce stunning views of the infrared universe. Launched in February 2006, AKARI ...

Scientists using the AKARI infrared satellite, launched in 2006, are releasing their initial results at a conference on March 28th–30th. AKARI has shed new light on both the birth and death of stars ...