Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

Venus and Saturn shine before dawn, with Neptune tucked between them — see if you can spot the ice giant with binoculars or a ...

Go outside and face west at 8 p.m. Right in front of you, very close to the horizon is Orion the Hunter, the sky’s most ...

Warm, bright, and beautiful Friday for Omaha-area ...

Old Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary ... During reentry, the spacecraft will appear as a bright, fast-moving object, much like a meteor streaking across the sky ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

The mission was bound for Venus, but problem's with the probe's ... turning the mass into a bright streaking spectacle across the night sky. Most dead satellites and other pieces of space junk ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin stargazers have plenty to see this week, with celestial events ranging from a ...

A Russian probe that's been stuck in Earth's orbit since the 1970s when it was supposed to land on Venus will likely survive ...

From meteor showers to constellations, here's everything you need to know about observing the summer sky using the unaided ...

We're likely less than two weeks from a former Soviet Union spacecraft re-entering Earth's atmosphere, but there's a problem: ...