It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 2:26 am ET on May 10 +/- 4.35 hours.

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

A spacecraft just got the first look at the bottom of the sun, and what it saw was a hot mess — literally. Our host star, about 93 million miles away in space, is in utter turmoil right now, having ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

Venera 4 was launched into space on a mission to Venus, thus becoming the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet's atmosphere. This was a Russian probe designed to study the atmosphere ...

New research strengthens the case that Venus, long considered a geologically stagnant world, may be more Earth-like in its internal dynamics than once believed.

South Korea’s state-backed Institute for Basic Science has ordered the first of five cubesats to study Venus from LEO ...

The deployment of the first nuclear power plant on the Moon and work on exploring Venus are among the tasks assigned to Roscosmos – as ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

Launched in 1989, the Magellan spacecraft mapped most of the surface of Venus over six cycles. The spacecraft studied Venus ...

A new study suggests that unidentified "co-orbital asteroids" around Venus may have the capacity to impact our planet in the ...