Odds considered good that the 1,091-pound lander probe, which consists equipment encapsulated in a spherical pressure vessel, ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on the development of a propulsive tug capable of transporting a spacecraft ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today, Friday, May 9. Scientists say the "potentially hazardous" 950ft-wide space ...

The Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482, stranded in Earth orbit since 1972, is expected to re-enter the atmosphere Saturday, but ...

The proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration risk significant reductions in NASA's funding, affecting international collaborations and shifting focus from lunar to Martian explorations. ESA's ...

Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light: The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...

The uncontrolled re-entry of a spacecraft launched over half a century ago is expected to take place tomorrow and the UK ...

The probe, known as Kosmos-482, was a Venus lander launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 and has been in Earth's orbit ever ...

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk, Grist explains. New research, published in Nature ...

This week we look at the "Kessler Syndrome," and how a chain reaction of orbital collisions could jeopardize infrastructure ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days ...

Soviet-era Kosmos 482 is set to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere: here's how you can track it and learn what time it's coming ...