Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for more than half a century, the European Space Agency said.

Saturn's moon Titan has an atmosphere that spins with a tilt completely separate from the moon's surface rotation.

A Russian probe that's been stuck in Earth's orbit since the 1970s when it was supposed to land on Venus will likely survive what astronomers are calling its 'final death plunge' through our planet's ...

Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite. Venera 7, in 1970, was the first ...

A range of instruments would then measure the temperature, pressure, wind speed, visibility, atmospheric gases and rock composition, and radio the results back to Earth. Each lander carried a USSR ...

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

Researchers have found that the thick and hazy atmosphere enveloping Saturn's largest moon, Titan, behaves in a very peculiar ...

To reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, we not only have to reduce CO2 emissions, but also remove CO₂ from the atmosphere ...

Some kids grew up fascinated with outer space. They had glow-in-the-dark constellations plastered onto their bedroom ceilings ...

The mission’s primary goals are to investigate the atmospheric chemistry of Venus and search for signs of microbial life.

Jens Eskelund, president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, said diplomatic and corporate pressure to resolve the rare earth export bottleneck was mounting. “For all of those that have been ...

Kosmos 482's lander capsule was built to survive the extreme heat and pressure of Venus's atmosphere ... an uncontrolled descent through Earth's atmosphere. However, Kosmos 482's parachute ...