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JAXA Ends Akatsuki Mission, Leaving Venus Without an Active Orbiter

JAXA concluded the project after the craft stopped responding in 2024 despite months of recovery attempts.

NASA Sets No-Earlier-Than Sept. 23 IMAP Launch to Map the Heliosphere

Hayabusa2 Target Found to Be 11 Meters and a 5‑Minute Spinner, Complicating 2031 Touchdown

NASA’s Confirmed Exoplanet Tally Reaches 6,000

NASA Confirms 6,000 Exoplanets as Discovery Pace Accelerates

Cygnus XL Reaches Space Station After Software Safeguard Triggers One-Day Delay

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NOAA’s SWFO-L1 Set for Sept. 23 Falcon 9 Rideshare Launch With NASA’s IMAP

Cygnus XL’s ISS Rendezvous Delayed After Premature Engine Shutdowns

Anduril and Impulse Unveil Joint GEO RPO Demo Targeting 2026 Launch

SpaceX Targets Wednesday Vandenberg Launch of 24 Starlink Satellites

Perseverance Finds Potential Biosignature in Jezero Mudstones, Nature Study Reports

Ohio State Unveils Liquid-Uranium Nuclear Rocket Concept for Faster Mars Travel

SpaceX Launches Debut Cygnus XL to ISS; Falcon 9 Booster Lands at Cape

Perseverance Finds Potential Biosignature in Jezero Mudstone, Raising Stakes for Sample Return

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

NASA Reaffirms 3I/ATLAS Is a Natural Interstellar Comet

Perseverance Sample Marks Most Convincing Candidate Biosignature on Mars, NASA Says

NASA Reports Potential Biosignatures in Jezero Crater Core

Potential Biosignature Find on Mars Puts Spotlight on NASA’s Stalled Sample-Return Plan

Andromeda Galaxy Team Wins 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year as London Exhibition Opens