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Study Finds Venus Likely Never Had Oceans, Challenging Past Theories
Recent research published in Nature Astronomy challenges past ideas about Venus, suggesting it never had oceans or conditions for life. Analysis of the planet's volcanic gases and atmospheric composition revealed that Venus’s interior is dry, ruling out the presence of liquid water. This conclusion highlights the stark contrast between Venus and ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Final Venus Flyby Before Historic Sun Encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, will make its final Venus flyby on Nov. 6. This manoeuvre will bring the spacecraft into a new orbit, allowing it to approach within 3.8 million miles of the sun, closer than any human-made object has been. While the probe’s primary mission is to study the sun, its instruments have captured rare data...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe To Have Final Venus Flyby Today Ahead Of Historic Sun Encounter
The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 on the mission to "touch" the Sun. It is just about the size of a small car.
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Parker Solar Probe Prepares for Closest Approach to Sun After Last Venus Flyby
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist on 6 November, altering its path to make an unprecedented 3.86-million-mile approach to the sun on 24 December. The manoeuvre will allow Parker to pass closer than any human-made object to the sun, where it will study solar activity. Earlier flybys also revealed surprising det...
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ISRO Chief Says Gaganyaan Mission Will Proceed Cautiously to Avoid Boeing Starliner-Like Incident: Report
ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission, India’s first human space mission, is set for launch by the end of this year. However, ISRO Chairman S Somanath emphasised a cautious approach, reflecting on NASA's recent Boeing Starliner incident where technical issues delayed astronauts' return to Earth. Astronauts Sunitha Williams and Butch Wilmore are now expected...
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Japan Loses Contact With Humanity's Only Active Venus Probe 'Akatsuki'
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that it lost contact with the spacecraft Akatsuki, humanity's only mission to Venus. The announcement was made on X (formerly Twitter).
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'Shukrayaan-1': All About ISRO's Big Mission To Venus
Just over a month after India created history with the Chandrayaan 3 soft landing on the south pole region of the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set its eyes on Venus now.
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Is There Oxygen On Venus? NASA's DAVINCI Mission To Find Out
The DAVINCI Mission is tentatively scheduled to launch June 2029 and enter the Venusian atmosphere in June 2031.
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Life on Venus? MIT Scientists Say Theoretically Possible
Scientists have repeatedly observed anomalies in Venus’ atmosphere. The most puzzling anomaly of them all is the presence of ammonia.
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NASA’s DAVINCI Mission to Venus Launching in 2029, Will ‘Address Long-Standing Questions About Earth’s Sister Planet’
NASA has planned to explore Venus via two missions in the early 2030s. One of them is VERITAS, which would orbit the planet. And the other, DAVINCI — Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging — would launch a probe through the acrid Venus atmosphere to observe various parameters including whether it once had wate...
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Two Spacecraft Flew Past Venus Last Week. Here's How It Was Like
Two spacecraft flew past Venus recently in a rare double flyby that captured unique imagery and data. You can watch the video here.
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NASA Announces Two New Missions to Venus, to Launch at the End of Decade
NASA announced two new missions to Venus that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth's nearest planetary neighbour became a hellscape while our own thrived.
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NASA Announces Two New Missions To Venus
NASA announced two new missions to Venus on Wednesday that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth's nearest planetary neighbor became a hellscape while our own thrived.
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NASA Plans Planetary Mission To Venus After Evidence Of Possible Life
NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help determine whether or not that planet harbors life.
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NASA Eyes New Missions for Venus, Moons of Jupiter, Neptune
The four investigations were selected as part of NASA's Discovery Programme that invites scientists and engineers to assemble a team to design exciting planetary science missions that deepen what we know about the solar system and our place in it.
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Study Finds Venus Likely Never Had Oceans, Challenging Past Theories
Recent research published in Nature Astronomy challenges past ideas about Venus, suggesting it never had oceans or conditions for life. Analysis of the planet's volcanic gases and atmospheric composition revealed that Venus’s interior is dry, ruling out the presence of liquid water. This conclusion highlights the stark contrast between Venus and ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Final Venus Flyby Before Historic Sun Encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, will make its final Venus flyby on Nov. 6. This manoeuvre will bring the spacecraft into a new orbit, allowing it to approach within 3.8 million miles of the sun, closer than any human-made object has been. While the probe’s primary mission is to study the sun, its instruments have captured rare data...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe To Have Final Venus Flyby Today Ahead Of Historic Sun Encounter
The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 on the mission to "touch" the Sun. It is just about the size of a small car.
-
Parker Solar Probe Prepares for Closest Approach to Sun After Last Venus Flyby
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist on 6 November, altering its path to make an unprecedented 3.86-million-mile approach to the sun on 24 December. The manoeuvre will allow Parker to pass closer than any human-made object to the sun, where it will study solar activity. Earlier flybys also revealed surprising det...
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ISRO Chief Says Gaganyaan Mission Will Proceed Cautiously to Avoid Boeing Starliner-Like Incident: Report
ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission, India’s first human space mission, is set for launch by the end of this year. However, ISRO Chairman S Somanath emphasised a cautious approach, reflecting on NASA's recent Boeing Starliner incident where technical issues delayed astronauts' return to Earth. Astronauts Sunitha Williams and Butch Wilmore are now expected...
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Japan Loses Contact With Humanity's Only Active Venus Probe 'Akatsuki'
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that it lost contact with the spacecraft Akatsuki, humanity's only mission to Venus. The announcement was made on X (formerly Twitter).
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'Shukrayaan-1': All About ISRO's Big Mission To Venus
Just over a month after India created history with the Chandrayaan 3 soft landing on the south pole region of the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set its eyes on Venus now.
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Is There Oxygen On Venus? NASA's DAVINCI Mission To Find Out
The DAVINCI Mission is tentatively scheduled to launch June 2029 and enter the Venusian atmosphere in June 2031.
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Life on Venus? MIT Scientists Say Theoretically Possible
Scientists have repeatedly observed anomalies in Venus’ atmosphere. The most puzzling anomaly of them all is the presence of ammonia.
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NASA’s DAVINCI Mission to Venus Launching in 2029, Will ‘Address Long-Standing Questions About Earth’s Sister Planet’
NASA has planned to explore Venus via two missions in the early 2030s. One of them is VERITAS, which would orbit the planet. And the other, DAVINCI — Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging — would launch a probe through the acrid Venus atmosphere to observe various parameters including whether it once had wate...
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Two Spacecraft Flew Past Venus Last Week. Here's How It Was Like
Two spacecraft flew past Venus recently in a rare double flyby that captured unique imagery and data. You can watch the video here.
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NASA Announces Two New Missions to Venus, to Launch at the End of Decade
NASA announced two new missions to Venus that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth's nearest planetary neighbour became a hellscape while our own thrived.
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NASA Announces Two New Missions To Venus
NASA announced two new missions to Venus on Wednesday that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth's nearest planetary neighbor became a hellscape while our own thrived.
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NASA Plans Planetary Mission To Venus After Evidence Of Possible Life
NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help determine whether or not that planet harbors life.
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NASA Eyes New Missions for Venus, Moons of Jupiter, Neptune
The four investigations were selected as part of NASA's Discovery Programme that invites scientists and engineers to assemble a team to design exciting planetary science missions that deepen what we know about the solar system and our place in it.
