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August 2025 edition of the Space Cafe Tokyo will feature the lecture ‘Exploring Mercury and the Martian system with JAXA missions’ by Dr. Emma Caminiti (ISAS/JAXA).

Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, provides key insights into planetary formation and evolution. Mars’s moons, Phobos and Deimos, are crucial for understanding the Martian system. This month, Emma Caminiti (ISAS/JAXA) will present a talk on two exciting JAXA missions exploring these worlds that promise to revolutionize our knowledge!

Speaker info:

After high school, Emma Caminiti obtained a bachelor’s degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the University of Grenoble Alpes, her hometown in France. She then studied for a year at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium before joining Paris Observatory, where she earned a master’s degree in Planetary Sciences and Space Exploration in 2021. In 2024, she completed her PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics at Paris Sciences et Lettres University. She recently joined JAXA (in June 2025) as an Aerospace Project Research Associate on the MMX mission.

Date: Thursday, 28 August 2025

Time: 20:00 (doors open at 19:30)

Venue: Good Heavens, Shimokitazawa

Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/707885685616168

Space Cafe Tokyo is hosted by members of ELSI, Kavli-IPMU, UTokyo, and NAOJ. Space Cafe Tokyo brings science a bit closer to the public in a cosy environment in Shimokitazawa. The event is held monthly where we invite experts, scholars, and students in the field of space/astronomy-related to present a research project or a topic that they are working on.