Fifteen years after launch, JAXA has said goodbye to the spacecraft, our only working probe around Earth's "sister planet".

Akatsuki had completed its regular two-year operation that started in April 2016, after which its operation was extended to ...

On September 22, it was reported that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) initiated the termination procedure for the Venus Climate Orbiter 'Akatsuki' (PLANET-C) on September 18, marking the ...

"Earlier this week my husband walked in the door from morning chores asking how fast we could get 5 inches of snow to 'bury ...

A Japanese spacecraft that once carried over 13,000 Hatsune Miku fan messages and drawings into space has officially ended ...

A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) compared the early impact histories of Venus and Earth, discovering that Venus experienced higher-energy impacts, resulting in an overheated core.

Venus and Earth formed at the same time and share similar size and composition. Yet Venus is cloaked in carbon dioxide, with temperatures hot enough to melt lead.

An eerie blue hand seems to be reaching out across the universe in a recently released image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray ...

Summer is officially over September 22, at 2:19 p.m. Time to hang up the surfboard, deflate the beach balls, stow the grill, ...

After a tumultuous summer, the Guardians, powered by a cast of mostly unknowns, are defying the odds and fighting for a ...

The autumn night sky in Ireland is an observer's treasure-trove and the first celestial event of the season arrives on September 7 with a lunar eclipse and blood moon ...

The fruits of their labour are a raft of unmissable exhibitions taking place over the autumn-winter 2025/2026 season. Don’t ...