A Soviet Venera-4 model, similar to the lost Kosmos 482 landing capsule, is on display at a museum. Before a Soviet-era spacecraft intended for Venus crashed back to Earth over the weekend, German ...

A spacecraft was en route to Venus when phosphine happened to be spotted. The astronomy community lit up earlier this week with news that hinted at possible signs of life on Venus. Among the most ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On May 10 of this year, the egg-shaped Kosmos-482 descent module, weighing roughly 1,091 pounds ...

After a year of attempting contact, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Tuesday that its Akatsuki Venus climate orbiter spacecraft has died and is no longer responsive. This was ...

We might be inching closer to discovering extraterrestrial life as scientists announce a new mission aimed at determining the existence of alien lifeforms on Venus. Despite being one of the most ...

The remains of a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 made an uncontrolled descent into the Indian Ocean on May 10, 2025. There are no reports of anyone being harmed. Known as Kosmos 482 and originally ...

(CNN) — A Soviet-era spacecraft that was designed to make a soft landing on Venus — but instead remained trapped in Earth orbit for decades — likely fell from the sky early Saturday morning, according ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

The ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which launched in April 2023, has completed another successful flyby aimed at boosting its speed ahead of a Jupiter orbital insertion sometime in 2031.

A new study suggests that a once-daily atmospheric tidal cycle may be a bigger driver of rapid Venusian winds than previously thought.