Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in ...

The time part or all of the dead probe is expected to impact Earth continues to narrow in on Friday overnight into Saturday ...

Scientists have just calculated that our universe will end much sooner than previously thought—although "soon" is still an ...

Our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and ...

Just a few weeks after its 53rd launch anniversary, Cosmos 482 is expected to descend back to Earth's atmosphere between ...

The object, referred to as Cosmos 482 or Kosmos 482 ... The cylinder-shaped craft, which is about 3 feet (1 meter) in diameter, is now predicted to crash back to Earth overnight.

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most of it burns up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.

The EU Space Surveillance and Tracking agency said, "Object Cosmos-482 Descent Craft decayed ... because of the craft's small size – about 3 feet in diameter and around 1,190 pounds, Space.com ...

The object, referred to as Cosmos 482 or Kosmos 482 ... the vehicle was not spotted by radars in Germany around 7:32 UT (3:32 a.m. ET), indicating, “it is most likely that the reentry has ...