Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

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

Earth Day has always been a day that acknowledges our planet, which provides for us, and ways we can protect and preserve its ...

Recent discoveries have challenged previous assumptions about the space near Earth, revealing a potential population of undiscovered "minimoons," some of which may be lunar debris. The ...

For NASA, sending a crewed mission to Mars has been the long-term goal for over two decades. China has joined the club in ...

long-in-the-tooth planet, this youngster is 10 times the size of the Earth. It has a third of the mass of Jupiter. We could say that we have all done a representation of the Solar System in our time ...

World Earth Day 2025: The theme for Earth Day 2025 is 'Our Power, Our Planet,' focusing on clean energy.(Pexels) As the world celebrates "Earth Day” on April 22, the festivities mark a ...

If we were to rewind the clock back 4.5 billion years, our planet would be massively different. And seeing Earth from space, you’d notice a glaring omission: the Moon would not be there.

A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it ...

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon atmospheric reentry. A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago ...