Venus, often written off as a geologically dead world, is far more active beneath its blistering surface than previously ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a ...

Kosmos 482 was launched in March 1972 as part of the Soviet Venera program to explore Venus from the surface. A launch mishap ...

A piece of Soviet hardware built to survive the burning, crushing environment of Venus will soon crash down to Earth and, so far, no one has any idea where it might land. On March 27 and March 31, in ...

NASA predicts the decaying probe could reenter Earth's atmosphere within a week. Cosmos 482 was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes that launched in 1972. Part of a Soviet-era ...

New research strengthens the case that Venus, long considered a geologically stagnant world, may be more Earth-like in its ...

Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is ...

Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could arrive intact.

The spacecraft suffered an engine anomaly that left it stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, and now it's slated for an ...

Credit: NASA/Ralf Vandebergh That soon-to-reenter ... intended to parachute onto the hellish landscape of Venus. "As this is a lander that was designed to survive passage through the Venus ...

NASA predicts the decaying probe could reenter Earth's atmosphere within a week. Cosmos 482 was one in a pair of identical Venus atmospheric lander probes that launched in 1972. Part of a Soviet ...