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The Akatsuki spacecraft has finally bid adieu after around a decade of service. Akatsuki was the last active mission at Venus, with its findings producing 178 journal papers, according to Space.com.

Venus looks like Earth’s twin at first glance, yet its rotation behaves like a cosmic prank. The planet spins backward, crawls through a day that outlasts its year, and even changes its spin rate in ...