There’s a lot to see in the night sky — the familiar Moon, stars and planets. But there’s the unexpected, too — something ...

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

Kosmos 482 was part of the Soviet Union's storied Venera program of Venus exploration. The probe launched toward the second ...

The world was watching the skies as Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, made an uncontrolled re-entry into ...

A failed Soviet spacecraft has crashed back down to Earth during an 'uncontrolled re-entry' after being stuck in space for 53 ...

It’s not every day that a space relic comes home. But this week, a forgotten Soviet spacecraft finally ended its long wait.

Every launch into Earth’s orbit now adds to a dangerous congestion of junk, making space less navigable by the year. Despite ...

David Waddell says markets have sniffed out that there are reasons to be less pessimistic in this environment.

A 53 year old Soviet spacecraft is re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, prompting cautious monitoring despite minimal risk to ...

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 ...