During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft towards Venus, the planet ...

As the last remnant of the Soviet Venus program left in Earth’s orbit, Kosmos 482 is not your average piece of space junk ...

The Moon passes just 0.4° south of Virgo the Maiden's bright alpha star, Spica, early on the morning of May 10.

Astronomers have discovered a huge single object that will glow near the Earth and the Sun. It is a T-shaped cloud called Eos ...

Kosmos 482 launched for Venus in 1972 but never left Earth orbit. The spacecraft finally lost enough energy that it couldn't fight gravity anymore.

The full moon in May 2025 will bring with it an astronomical spectacle full of seasonal symbolism and scientific ...

An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...

A massive hydrogen cloud near Earth, Eos, was discovered glowing in ultraviolet light - offering new insights into star ...

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite ... orbit around Earth. Over 50 years, that orbit has lowered to only 2,000km at its farthest point.