Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.

There’s a lot to see in the night sky -- the familiar Moon, stars and planets. But there’s the unexpected, too -- something ...

There's a blaze of light across the sky! A fireball is seen by thousands, and mobile phone and dashcam footage soon appears ...

There’s a lot to see in the night sky — the familiar Moon, stars and planets. But there’s the unexpected, too — something ...

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has collected its 24th sample of Jezero Crater. The 'Comet Geyser' sample is "great for ...

NASA STEREO-A satellite's SECCHI/HI-2 camera captured this imagery of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Credit: Space.com | footage ...

Was it a Soviet Venus probe? Was it one of Elon Musk’s satellites or rockets? Was it a meteor? Was it a comet? While these objects have some similarities, there are crucial differences that can ...

The Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482 was launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus. But due to a rocket malfunction, it's been ...

A Soviet space probe launched in the 1970s on a failed mission to Venus is expected to land back on Earth as early as this ...