It's still quite uncertain just where and when the craft will fall, although it is expected to reenter around 2:26 am ET on May 10 +/- 4.35 hours.

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

A spacecraft just got the first look at the bottom of the sun, and what it saw was a hot mess — literally. Our host star, about 93 million miles away in space, is in utter turmoil right now, having ...

A recent Venus flyby pushed the spacecraft out of Earth's orbital plane, allowing it to gaze at the solar poles.

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

One such discovery made regarding the Sun’s magnetic field is that, at the solar south pole, the Sun’s magnetic field is ...

New research strengthens the case that Venus, long considered a geologically stagnant world, may be more Earth-like in its internal dynamics than once believed.

From Mars & Regulus to Saturn near the Moon and Venus at dawn, the night sky dazzles June 13-19, 2025. Spot deep-sky gems and ...

ESA is weighing options for programs affected by proposed major budget cuts at NASA as it also seeks to expand cooperation ...

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

Launched in 1989, the Magellan spacecraft mapped most of the surface of Venus over six cycles. The spacecraft studied Venus ...