A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.

We wrote about this doomed mission in 2019, and the prospects for reentry. Launched on a Molniya-8K78M rocket from the ...

A space probe called Kosmos 482 sent to explore Venus by the U.S.S.R. in 1972 but marooned in Earth orbit ever since is about ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that was meant to land on Venus is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere some time this month ...

Dutch scientist Marco Langbroek predicts the failed spacecraft will re-enter around May 10 and estimates it will come ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

A defunct Soviet satelitte is slated to hurtle back to Earth next week, prompting concerns from space experts that we could ...

A half-ton Russian satellite that was built to land on Venus but never left Earth’s orbit could fall out of the sky intact in ...

Celestial Insights Are Back! I am happy to be returning to the blog after a whirlwind of retrogrades and eclipse season ...

The astrology forecast for May 2025 brings two important cazimis, the annual Flower Moon, and a major move for Saturn, ...

A 500kg Soviet rocket part is set to crash on Earth after 50 years in orbit. Scientists say it’s coming soon — but no one ...

A half-tonne Soviet spacecraft is set to crash back to Earth next week, with experts predicting it could hit "like a ...