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New research based on data collected 30 years ago suggests that Venus' surface is still actively changing, likely because of ...
Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is ...
A new study of Venus suggests that the deeply inhospitable world may be more like Earth than we thought.
The craft never reached Venus, however. The rocket that launched it suffered an anomaly, stranding the probe in an elliptical ...
Thursday, May 22 The Moon hangs near Saturn and Neptune in the early-morning sky, and it’s best to catch them earlier rather ...
Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...
The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 spacecraft as ...
Data for the study came from NASA’s Magellan mission, which orbited Venus in the 1990s. Though decades old, its radar ...
A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The half-ton ...
A SOVIET spacecraft once destined for Venus is expected to crash back to Earth on Saturday after more than 50 years stuck in ...
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...
Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.