H3 rocket launch canceled

H3 rocket launch canceled

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 17, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency canceled the launch of the No. 8 rocket, loaded with the No. 5 Michibiki satellite for enhanced global positioning, due to an equipment malfunction.

H3 rocket launch canceled

H3 rocket launch canceled

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 17, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency canceled the launch of the No. 8 rocket, loaded with the No. 5 Michibiki satellite for enhanced global positioning, due to an equipment malfunction.

H3 rocket launch canceled

H3 rocket launch canceled

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 17, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency canceled the launch of the No. 8 rocket, loaded with the No. 5 Michibiki satellite for enhanced global positioning, due to an equipment malfunction.

Nobel laureate Kitagawa returns to Japan

Nobel laureate Kitagawa returns to Japan

Kyoto University professor Susumu Kitagawa, co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press with his Nobel medal in hand upon arriving at Osaka airport in western Japan on Dec. 15, 2025, following the award ceremony in Stockholm.

Geminid meteor shower

Geminid meteor shower

The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks over Cape Toi in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of Dec. 15, 2025, with shooting stars lighting up the night sky.

Geminid meteor shower

Geminid meteor shower

The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks over Cape Toi in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, with shooting stars lighting up the night sky.

Geminid meteor shower

Geminid meteor shower

The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks over Cape Toi in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, with shooting stars lighting up the night sky.

Geminid meteor shower

Geminid meteor shower

The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks over Cape Toi in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, with shooting stars lighting up the night sky.

Geminid meteor shower

Geminid meteor shower

The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks over Cape Toi in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, with shooting stars lighting up the night sky.

Geminid meteor shower

Geminid meteor shower

Composite photo shows shooting stars lighting up the night sky over Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, as the annual Geminid meteor shower peaks.

Geminid meteor shower

Geminid meteor shower

Composite photo shows shooting stars lighting up the night sky over Cape Toi in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, as the annual Geminid meteor shower peaks.

Geminid meteor shower

Geminid meteor shower

A shooting star lights up the night sky over Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, as the annual Geminid meteor shower peaks.

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

NOBEL LECTURE CHEMISTRY 2025

Nobel laureate in chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi, delivers his Nobel lecture in the auditorium of the university building in Uppsala, Sweden, 13 December 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

Nobel laureates in physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

Nobel laureates in physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

The Nobel Prize winners in Physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret, as well as Marie-Helene Girard and Alain Aspect (laureates in Physics 2022) visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

Nobel laureates in physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

STOCKHOLM 20251211The Nobel Prize winners in Physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret, as well as Alain Aspect (2022 Physics Laureate) visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

STOCKHOLM 20251211The Nobel Prize winners in Physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret, as well as Alain Aspect (2022 Physics Laureate) visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

Nobel laureates in physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

Nobel laureates in physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

Nobel laureates in physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS AT THE VASA MUSEUM

Nobel laureates in physics, John M. Martinis and Michel H. Devoret visit the Vasa Museum, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

Nobel award ceremony

Nobel award ceremony

The Nobel Prize award ceremony is held at Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025.

Nobel award ceremony

Nobel award ceremony

Photo taken Dec. 10, 2025, shows the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital, the venue of the Nobel Prize ceremony later in the day.

Nobel award ceremony

Nobel award ceremony

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University is pictured after receiving the Nobel Prize in chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025.

Nobel award ceremony

Nobel award ceremony

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi of the University of Osaka is pictured after receiving the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the award ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025.

Nobel award ceremony

Nobel award ceremony

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University is pictured after receiving the Nobel Prize in chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during an award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025.

Nobel award ceremony

Nobel award ceremony

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi of the University of Osaka is pictured after receiving the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the award ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025.

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi (R) of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends the Nobel Prize banquet at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony. (Pool photo)

Nobel award ceremony

Nobel award ceremony

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi (C) of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, arrives at the Grand Hotel Stockholm in Stockholm following the award ceremony on Dec. 10, 2025. (Pool photo)

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

The Nobel Prize banquet is held at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

The Nobel Prize banquet is held at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony. (Pool photo)

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

The Nobel Prize banquet is held at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Susumu Kitagawa (R) of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, attends the Nobel Prize banquet with Swedish Crown Princess Victoria at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony. (Pool photo)

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

The Nobel Prize banquet is held at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

The Nobel Prize banquet is held at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Susumu Kitagawa (R) of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, attends the Nobel Prize banquet with Swedish Crown Princess Victoria at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends the Nobel Prize banquet at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends the Nobel Prize banquet at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony. (Pool photo)

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Susumu Kitagawa (L) of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, attends the Nobel Prize banquet with Swedish Crown Princess Victoria at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

Nobel Prize banquet

Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Susumu Kitagawa (L) of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, attends the Nobel Prize banquet with Swedish Crown Princess Victoria at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.