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Browse previous news and updates from the JAXA Planetary Defense Team.

Illustration of asteroid Torifune
2026.07.08
Hayabusa2 Completes Flyby Observations of Asteroid Torifune
Photo credit: ©JAXA, The University of Tokyo, Chiba Institute of Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Paris Observatory, and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Illustration for the launch of the JAXA Planetary Defense website
2026.07.01
JAXA Planetary Defense Website Launched
Asteroid Day Special Talk 2026 poster
2026.06.23
Asteroid Day Special Talk 2026 to Be Held on July 4
General illustration of planetary defense
2026.06.09
Time Set for Hayabusa2’s Flyby of Asteroid Torifune
ESA-JAXA signing ceremony
2026.05.07
JAXA and ESA Sign a Memorandum on Planetary Defense and a RAMSES Cooperation Agreement
Photo credit: ©Jorge Pérez de Lara
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