Things may be moving on Venus’ surface. In 1983, researchers discovered that the planet’s surface was speckled with strange, circular landforms. These rounded mountain belts, known as coronae, have no ...

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Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Mars ... in space when she blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soviet spacecraft. In 2004, Randy ...

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Credit: ESA / Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics Before a Soviet-era spacecraft intended for Venus crashed back to Earth over the weekend, German astronomers watched it tumble through space.

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...

Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 re-enters Earth's atmosphere after 53 years in orbit without causing injuries or damage, emphasizing the issue of space debris and the importance of satellite tracking ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...

- Venus is the brightest planet in our sky. I first learned this fun fact from of all places, the show "Blue's Clues" from when I was a kid. ♪ Venus is the brightest planet ♪ And it's still a ...