FILE - This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki probe in May 2016. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A half ...

The Baikonur Cosmodrome, a bastion of Soviet space exploration and the historic site where Yuri Gagarin, the first man in ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...

A little over 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually falling ...

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

A little more than 240 years ago, birds were the only things that could fly above the ground untethered without eventually ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built to land on the solar system’s hottest ...