The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.

Between May 20 and 24, the moon, Saturn and Venus will meet in a mini 'planetary parade,' becoming visible in the northern ...

NASA launched a spacecraft to Venus. The mission was called Pioneer-Venus 1, but it’s also known as the Pioneer Venus Orbiter. This was the first of two spacecraft that made up the Pioneer Venus ...

Snapchat Friend Solar System is a premium feature that lets you visualize your closest friends as planets that revolve around ...

A strong solar flare erupted from the sun's surface, impacting radio transmissions on Earth's sunlit side on Tuesday.

The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...

The solar system's smallest planet is quickly approaching superior conjunction, so catch it in the morning sky while you can.

A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...

Most astronomers agree that life is likely common throughout the universe. While Earth is the only world known to have life, ...

Launched in 1972 by the Soviet Union, the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 was part of a series of missions bound for Venus.

What is the hottest planet in the solar system? If you want to know which is the hottest star in the solar system, this ...

Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft shrouded in Cold War secrecy, will reenter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days ...