New research based on data collected 30 years ago suggests that Venus' surface is still actively changing, likely because of ...

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...

It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 2:26 am ET on ...

A new study of Venus suggests that the deeply inhospitable world may be more like Earth than we thought.

The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred ...

Thursday, May 22 The Moon hangs near Saturn and Neptune in the early-morning sky, and it’s best to catch them earlier rather ...

Earth’s blue sky and familiar sun are just one version of reality. On Mercury, the sun blazes over three times larger than on ...

The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 spacecraft as ...

Data for the study came from NASA’s Magellan mission, which orbited Venus in the 1990s. Though decades old, its radar ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...