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Just because we can find ozone in the atmosphere of other planets doesn't mean there's life. Ozone is a sign of life on Earth ...
A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it highlights the need to stay vigilant.
The Kosmos 482 capsule was built tough for Venus. Its fall to Earth will make a huge fireball and may pose a small risk of hitting people or property.
The spacecraft’s expected area of reentry spans vast regions on both sides of the equator, where it could potentially land in a single piece.
Part of a spacecraft that has been stuck in orbit for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around May 10 and could arrive intact.
Failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 came crashing back down to Earth after more than half a century in space - and scientists have now confirmed where it ended up ...
This will be no ordinary space junk fall ... "As this is a lander that was designed to survive passage through the Venus atmosphere, it is possible that it will survive reentry through the ...
Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall back to our planet. Exactly where or when it will strike, however, remains ...
New research reveals that Venus may still be geologically alive, with massive circular features pointing to hot plumes ...
The Kosmos (Cosmos) 482 descent craft—originally designed to land on Venus—reentered Earth's atmosphere this week ... UTC (12:30 a.m. EDT), but it was a no-show during the next expected ...