Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...

Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could ...

Recent discoveries have challenged previous assumptions about the space near Earth, revealing a potential population of ...

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas ...

The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a crash landing back on Earth early Saturday.

Whether the parachute or instrument shell would survive Earth reentry is highly doubtful-but the titanium casing could ...

Last year in August, the number of moons orbiting Earth temporarily doubled, admittedly from the low starting point of "one", ...

"A piece of space debris the size of a blueberry can create the impact of a falling anvil." Scientists raise alarm after ...

Soviet satellite Kosmos 482 is set to tumble back to Earth's atmosphere after 50 years in orbit, and its landing spot remains ...