Japan has quietly closed the book on Akatsuki, a spacecraft that spent more time around Venus than anyone first expected. The ...

Venus spins slowly, yet its upper atmosphere races around the planet in just a few days, driving hurricane‑force winds that have puzzled scientists for decades. Researchers now argue they have ...

Japan’s Akatsuki mission officially ended in September 2025 after more than a decade of operations and a final year of ...

This will be a meeting with an open session followed by a closed session. Please submit your Open Session questions here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LEV ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might ...

Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus's surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research based on data gathered more than 30 years ago by NASA's Magellan mission.

For the past two decades, NASA has focused on identifying 90% of near-Earth objects that could pose a threat to our planet. The space agency has made steady progress in detecting dangerous asteroids ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

This Panel on Venus is one of six panels providing topical input to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey Steering Group. This panel will discuss the role played by focused studies of ...