The other mission, Kosmos-482, failed to leave Earth orbit. (Image credit: Hall of Venus/NPO Lavochkin) Venera 8 artwork shows the landing capsule on the cloud-veiled world on July 22, 1972.

The paper presented several anomalous characteristics of the object, which could indicate that it is not a comet at all but ...

With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

Venus, seen by NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974. NASA During the space race, putting boots on the moon was the biggest prize — but the other worlds in our solar system were calling, too.

While Venus passes between the Earth and Sun every 19.5 months, it's only about every eight or so years that the planet becomes visible both after sunset and before sunrise, according to the ...

Asteroids around Venus, shown in the background above during a 2012 transit, are difficult to track because they fall inside Earth's orbit and are obscured by the sun's glare.

The recent fall to Earth of a failed Soviet Venus probe from the 1970s has become a detective story of sorts. Different computer models were used to predict the reentry.