New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance. NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this image showing the nightside surface of ...

A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 SC79, is drawing global attention due to its unusual orbit inside Venus's path and its rapid 128-day solar circuit. This 'twilight' asteroid, roughly 700 meters ...

Astronomers are making a surprising breakthrough in the study of Venus, as new simulations suggest there may be a hidden family of asteroids quietly orbiting the Sun alongside the planet. This ...

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TOKYO; A Japanese probe sent on a two-year mission to Venus failed to enter orbit and may have flown passed the planet, space agency officials said Wednesday. The probe, called Akatsuki, which means ...

If everything had gone to plan, an uncrewed Soviet-era spacecraft would have landed on Venus in 1972 to conduct a few hours of operations before dying for good. The probe known as Cosmos 482 was meant ...

After more than half a century in space, a failed Soviet mission to Venus — Kosmos 482 — is on a collision course with Earth. The 3-foot-wide lander, originally designed to survive the brutal ...