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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.

Perseverance Finds Potential Biosignature in Jezero Mudstones, Nature Study Reports

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

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

NASA Reports Potential Biosignatures in Jezero Crater Core

NASA Reveals Most Compelling Potential Mars Biosignature in Perseverance Rock Sample

Perseverance Detects Potential Biosignature in Jezero Crater Rock

Study Detects Solid Inner Core on Mars, Redrawing the Planet’s Interior

InSight Data Point to Solid Inner Core and Ancient Impact Debris in Mars’ Mantle

Nature Study Confirms Solid Inner Core on Mars

Seismic Reanalysis Finds Mars’ Mantle Packed With Ancient Impact Debris

Study Pins Jupiter’s Birth to 1.8 Million Years After the Solar System Began

OSIRIS-REx Samples Show Bennu’s Presolar Stardust, Interstellar Organics, and Faster-Than-Expected Weathering

New Study Suggests Ancient Ceres Had Chemical Energy to Support Habitability

NASA Models Point to Long-Lived Hydrothermal Energy on Ancient Ceres

JWST Spectra Tie Bennu and Ryugu to Polana Asteroid Family, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Moon’s Solid Inner Core and Fluid Outer Layer Confirmed

Mars Rover’s ‘Helmet’ Rock, Horneflya, Is Almost Entirely Made of Spherules

NASA Explains Coral-Like and Helmet-Shaped Mars Rocks as Ancient Mineral Formations

UGA Researchers Propose 'McDonough Meteorite' Name for 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Space Rock