The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

Imagine compressing the entire 4.5-billion-year history of Earth into just 10 minutes. In this fast-paced, visually stunning journey, we take you from Earth’s fiery formation to the rise of modern ...

Venus is remarkably similar to Earth in size and mass. And although it is a hellish, inhospitable world today, it may once have been a temperate, ocean-covered planet like our own. Understanding ...

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This discovery challenges the long-held belief that Venus is a geologically inactive planet and provides insights into Earth's habitability and planetary evolution. In a landmark discovery ...

An image of the Earth's "oceanic hemisphere" has caused a major stir on social media, freaking out many users. Viewed more than 33 million times, the post shares a photo of the planet not commonly ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to launch to Venus more than 50 years ago plunged to Earth on Saturday ... the solar system's hottest planet. The chances of anyone getting clobbered by ...

After 53 years stuck in space, a Soviet spacecraft designed to land on Venus has finally crash-landed back on Earth. The Kosmos ... elliptical orbit around our planet. Now, less than 5,000 miles ...

Instead, the capsule — dubbed Kosmos-482 — began spiraling back towards Earth. Researchers now say it's expected to land somewhere on the planet this weekend. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer ...

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 planet, the titanium-covered ...

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