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

The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Aisling O'Hare, who led the study, told Newsweek she's "excited" about what the science world can learn from the data.

Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth on Wednesday after six months on China's space station. The crew’s landing ...

Wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory helped choose the winners of the challenge, saying the collection is proof of how lucky we ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached ...

Named Eos, the cloud of gas would appear huge in the night sky if visible to the naked eye and could shed light on solar ...

An important conservation message is shared in 9-year-old Sora U.’s work, titled Wildlife. The artist uses trees, an owl, ...

While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those ...

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Boise State University have found evidence suggesting that the ...

In its retaliation against U.S. tariffs, China slowed exports of several rare-earth minerals and magnets this month ...