Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

Venus will partner up with the giant planets Saturn and Neptune to form a line up in the pre-dawn sky on May 8, with ...

The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery ...

During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft towards Venus, the planet scientists call Earth's " twin ...

The waning crescent moon forms a smiling mouth above the eastern horizon on April 25, as Venus and Saturn shine like eyes ...

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...

And unlike many other quality news outlets ... one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth orbit because of a rocket malfunction. Most of it came tumbling down within ...

A fragment of the failed Soviet Venus probe Cosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around May 10, though experts say the exact timing and location remain uncertain.

A 53-year-old Venus probe ... through the Earth atmosphere intact, and impact intact,” Langbroek wrote in a blog update. “The risks involved are not particularly high, but not zero.” ...

Some of these remained in low Earth orbit and broke down within 48 hours, while others went into a higher orbit but did not gain enough speed to reach Venus, NASA said. The object scientists are ...

A mock-up of the Soviet Union's Venera 7 probe, similar to Cosmos 482, a Venus ... Earth orbit. "We see a clear compact ball! This set is already fantastic, I think," he said. Those first set of ...