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Japan just shut down a spacecraft that cheated death for 10 years, here’s what it saw on Venus

Japan’s Akatsuki mission officially ended in September 2025 after more than a decade of operations and a final year of ...
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Venus reaches superior solar conjunction today: What does it mean and can you see it?

A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth.
Gizmodo

Japanese Probe That Famously Sent Fictional Pop Star to Venus Is Officially Dead

Venus is officially a lonely planet. After losing contact with the Akatsuki spacecraft last year, Japan’s space agency (JAXA) has officially ended operations of the lone mission left in our ...
ExtremeTech

JUICE Spacecraft Successfully Slingshots Around Venus on Track for Jupiter Orbit

The ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which launched in April 2023, has completed another successful flyby aimed at boosting its speed ahead of a Jupiter orbital insertion sometime in 2031.
Arizona Daily Star

Venus Express in orbit to explore atmosphere

DARMSTADT, Germany — A European spacecraft moved into orbit around Venus on Tuesday, successfully completing a critical stage of a mission to explore the hostile climate and atmosphere of Earth's ...

Japan ends the Akatsuki mission after a decade of tracking Venus’s turbulent skies

Japan has quietly closed the book on Akatsuki, a spacecraft that spent more time around Venus than anyone first expected. The ...
Astronomy

Could asteroids near Venus pose a threat to Earth?

A possible threat to life on Earth has been identified by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil: asteroids that share Venus’s orbit but which currently can’t be detected. These ...