The spacecraft was designed to survive falling through Venus's atmosphere. 53 years after launch, it's coming back.

In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

A Soviet Venus probe which launched in 1972 and has been stuck orbiting Earth for 53 years is set to fall back to our planet ...

Beltane is traditionally a celebration of fertility and sensuality, a time when the Earth’s energy peaks, bringing vitality ...

A heat-protected capsule that the USSR had intended to reach Venus is on a collision path with Earth, with astronomer Marco ...

Venus, our planet of attraction, attachment, and aesthetics, is moving out of the psychedelic storm drain of Pisces and into ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the night sky.

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

May’s night sky is packed with celestial activity, offering stargazers a spectacular month of planetary pairings, ancient ...

Imagine a world where plants don’t just sway gently in the breeze, but actively hunt, trap, and digest animals. It sounds ...

Baba Vanga, the blind Bulgarian mystic famed for her predictions, foresaw a devastating European war in 2025, marking it as ...