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Venera 13’s 127-Minute Venus Surface Record Still Holds After New Review

A fresh review clarifies that the two-hour transmission is a verified relay duration rather than a precise failure time.

Webb Maps the Surface of a Nearby Super-Earth, Revealing a Dark Basaltic World

JWST Reveals Dark, Airless Surface on Rocky Exoplanet LHS 3844 b