Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus's surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research ...

Learn about a new study that uses the data from Magellan to reveal insights into Venus’ ongoing tectonic activity and how it ...

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...

Some recent spaceflight spectacles offer hints about what you might see if Kosmos 482 happens to fall through the sky above ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

Venus, often written off as a geologically dead world, is far more active beneath its blistering surface than previously ...

Predictions for the earthly plunge of a wayward Soviet era Venus space probe are narrowing as the old spacecraft is expected ...

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

New research suggests vast surface features on Venus called coronae continue to be shaped by tectonic processes. Observations ...

Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...

The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the ...