In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

Explosions typically connected to black holes and dying stars may happen right in our planet's atmosphere, too.

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

Wildlife rangers are being killed at a rate of nearly two a week, and it’s a toll Prince William has said the world can no ...

Seal Island, off South Africa's False Bay was once a great white hotspot—one of the few places on Earth where the sharks could be seen surging out of the water to capture prey. When the ...

- Venus is the brightest planet in our sky. I first learned this fun fact from of all places, the show "Blue's Clues" from when I was a kid. ♪ Venus is the brightest planet ♪ And it's still a ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday ... the solar system’s hottest planet. The chances of anyone getting clobbered by spacecraft debris were exceedingly low, scientists said.

Planetary lander Kosmos 482 never made it to Earth's sister planet because it was dragged off course after a malfunction in its launch vehicle's upper stage. What do we know about the Russian probe?

A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend ... to Venus to make scientific measurements of the planet's soil before ceasing operation.

China has announced a crackdown on the smuggling of critical minerals, coming just one day before trade talks with the U.S., in which rare earth restrictions could be on the table. Chinese ...

But the spacecraft never made it to Venus. Instead, the capsule — dubbed Kosmos-482 — began spiraling back towards Earth. Researchers now say it's expected to land somewhere on the planet this weekend ...