BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency, ESA, and the
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, to perform a comprehensive exploration of …

Venus is the planet in the Solar System most similar to Earth in terms of size and (probably)
bulk composition. Until the mid-20th century, scientists thought that Venus was a verdant …

One of the most important early results from the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is the ubiquitous
presence of magnetic switchbacks, whose origin is under debate. Using a three-dimensional …

The planet Venus is covered by thick clouds of sulfuric acid that move westwards because
the entire upper atmosphere rotates much faster than the planet itself. At the cloud tops …

After the arrival of Akatsuki spacecraft of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at Venus in
December 2015, the radio occultation experiment, termed RS (Radio Science), obtained 19 …

Venus has a thick atmosphere that rotates 60 times as fast as the surface, a phenomenon
known as super-rotation. We use data obtained from the orbiting Akatsuki spacecraft to …

Long-standing unexplained Venus atmosphere observations and chemical anomalies point
to unknown chemistry but also leave room for the possibility of life. The unexplained …

AKATSUKI is the Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter that was designed to investigate the
climate system of Venus. The orbiter was launched on May 21, 2010, and it reached Venus …

This is a review of current knowledge about Earth's nearest planetary neighbour and near
twin, Venus. Such knowledge has recently been extended by the European Venus Express …

The existence of large stationary gravity waves was discovered during Akatsuki's first
observation sequence in 2015. In this study, the further detection of large stationary gravity …