Launched over 50 years ago, this piece of the Kosmos 482 mission was designed to survive the punishing conditions on Venus.

Speculation is growing over whether NASA and other space agencies are withholding information about potentially ...

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

Kosmos 482 is due to crash (or splash) back down to Earth this week – and some of the UK lies in its impact zone ...

An out-of-control Soviet-era spacecraft will plummet back to Earth on Saturday, if the latest tracking predictions are ...

The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden ...

For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes ...

A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and remnants of an ancient magma ocean, ...

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Ecuador ... p.m. Ecuador time. Maps: Daylight (urban areas); MapLibre (map rendering); Natural Earth (roads, labels ...

The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies are coordinating efforts to study the object during this the once-in-a-lifetime experience.