Japan has lost contact with humanity's only active probe on the planet Venus, called Akatsuki or 'Dawn'. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission account for Akatsuki on Wednesday (May 29) took to X to announce that the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) lost contact with the spacecraft after an operation in late April.

Humanity's only Venus mission in turmoil: Japan's Akatsuki probe vanishes on alien planet

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