In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...

A heat-protected capsule that the USSR had intended to reach Venus is on a collision path with Earth, with astronomer Marco ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...

A long-lost Soviet spacecraft the size of a car is now hurtling toward Earth, set to make a fiery, uncontrolled re-entry within days - and no one knows where it will land. Known as Kosmos 482, the ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

It’s not unusual for redundant satellites, rocket stages, or other spacecraft to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere. Usually ...

Imagine a world where plants don’t just sway gently in the breeze, but actively hunt, trap, and digest animals. It sounds ...

New research challenges the meteorite hypothesis, suggesting Earth's water may be native, originating from the solar nebula rather than asteroidal impacts.

Kosmos 482 was launched by the Soviet Union on March 31, 1972, as part of a mission to Venus. The craft successfully reached Earth's "parking orbit", but Soviet scientists failed to launch the probe ...