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BepiColombo Separates Transfer Module and Begins Final Approach to Mercury

The detachment hands control to the European and Japanese orbiters, triggering months of high‑risk maneuvers ahead of planned orbital capture.

BepiColombo Begins Mercury Arrival After Transfer Module Separation

New 3D Models Suggest Venus Rift Systems Are Geologically Young

High-Resolution 3D Models Suggest Venus's Rift Valleys Are Recently Active

NASA Taps Relativity Space To Fly Aeolus Atmospheric Suite To Mars In 2028

Study Challenges 'Ice Giant' Label for Uranus and Neptune

Cassini Data Show Saturn’s Magnetic Cusp Is Skewed Toward Dusk

Lab Tests Show Tough Microbe Survives Asteroid Ejection Pressures

JAXA Ends Akatsuki Mission, Leaving Venus Without an Active Orbiter

NASA Selects SpaceX Falcon Heavy for $3.35 Billion Dragonfly Mission to Titan

NASA's Europa Clipper Mission Prepares for Launch to Jupiter's Moon

NASA's Europa Clipper Mission Delayed by Hurricane Threat

NASA to Launch Europa Clipper Mission to Explore Jupiter's Moon for Signs of Life

India Approves Major Space Initiatives Including Chandrayaan-4 and Space Station

NASA's Europa Clipper Prepares for October Launch to Jupiter's Icy Moon

NASA Clears Europa Clipper for Launch to Jupiter's Moon

BepiColombo Captures Unprecedented Mercury Flyby Images

BepiColombo Mission Adjusts Trajectory to Mercury After Thruster Issue

NASA's Lucy Discovers Complex History of Asteroid Dinkinesh and Its Binary Moon Selam