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Last Venus Spacecraft Goes Dark, Leaving No Active Human-Made Presence
After a year of attempting contact, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Tuesday that its Akatsuki ...
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Venus Just Lost Its Last Active Orbiter as JAXA Declared Akatsuki Mission Over
For nearly a decade, Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft circled Venus, offering scientists rare glimpses into the planet’s turbulent ...
The last voice from Venus has gone quiet. Japan’s Akatsuki mission, once the planet’s only active observer, has finally fallen silent after years of trailblazing science.
Venus was at inferior conjunction on Aug. 13, in line between the Earth and the sun. Now it is swinging away from that line, speeding ahead of the Earth in its faster orbit. In fact, Venus has erupted ...
Some lucky stargazers could have a double feature of the planet Venus this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the Earth will have an inferior conjunction (closest approach) with Venus, the sixth-largest ...
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