Kosmos-482, a failed Soviet Venus probe, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere in May, but tracking its exact descent proved elusive.

Kosmos 482: A Mission Gone Wrong. The Kosmos 482 spacecraft was part of the Soviet Union’s ambitious Venera program, a series of missions designed to study Venus, a planet known for its extreme ...

"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...

Venera 8 was launched on March 27 1972 and reached Venus 117 days later. On March 31, its twin left Earth but failed to escape Earth orbit, earning the designation Kosmos 482.

Venus Hiding Dangerous Asteroids, Including One That Could Be a 'City-Killer' If it Impacts Earth: Study. A new study from the University of São Paulo in Brazil said some asteroids orbiting Venus ...

The rocky planet will hit the orbital milestone at 00.00 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT) on June 1, while Venus is below the horizon for skywatchers in the U.S, according to stargazing website EarthSky.org.At ...

On the surface (you're welcome for the joke), Venus is not even close to being hospitable to life. But that's not the end of the story.

Things may be moving on Venus’ surface. In 1983, researchers discovered that the planet’s surface was speckled with strange, circular landforms. These rounded mountain belts, known as coronae ...

Venus is home to some of the weirdest volcanoes in the solar system—massive, flattened domes that look like planetary pancakes left to cool on the world’s blistering surface. Scientists have ...