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Ethereal ice swirls dance around Arctic peninsula in stunning new satellite imageNASA's Aqua satellite spotted giant ice swirls stretching for hundreds of miles in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's P'yagina Peninsula.
By Harry Baker Published
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NASA uncovers shattered remains of Japanese lunar lander that mysteriously disappeared on April 25Japan's private Hakuto-R spacecraft broke into at least four large pieces of debris, according to new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
By Joanna Thompson Published
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Days before dying, Japan's lunar lander snaps glorious photo of Earth during a total solar eclipseJapan's Hakuto-R lander may have crashed on the moon, but the spacecraft still sent back valuable images.
By Joanna Thompson Published
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WWII ship that sank with 1,000 Allied POWs on board discovered in South China SeaThe wreck of a Japanese transport ship that sank in 1942 with more than 1,000 Allied prisoners-of-war on board has been discovered near the Philippines.
By Tom Metcalfe Published
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Deepest-dwelling fish ever seen is a ghostly snailfish spotted more than 27,000 feet beneath the ocean surfaceThe never-before-seen fish was spotted 5 miles below the ocean's surface in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench near Japan.
By Harry Baker Published
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Wreck of long-lost US World War II submarine found off Japanese coastJapanese researchers have located the wreck of USS Albacore, one of the most successful U.S. submarines of World War II, off the island of Hokkaido, where the sub sank after hitting a mine in November 1944.
By Tom Metcalfe Published
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Haunting 'mermaid' mummy discovered in Japan is even weirder than scientists expectedA new analysis of a mummified "mermaid" found in a Japanese temple has revealed exactly what it is made from, and it's not what scientists thought.
By Harry Baker Published
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7.5-foot-long sword from 4th-century Japan may have 'protected' deceased from evil spiritsArchaeologists have unearthed an oversized ceremonial iron sword and a bronze mirror shaped like a shield from a 1,600-year-old burial mound in Nara, Japan.
By Tom Metcalfe Published
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Diver captures stunning photos of rare 8-foot giant squidDiver Yosuke Tanaka swam with a giant squid in the Sea of Japan near Toyooka City in Hyogo Prefecture.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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