Researchers say the signal originates from Relay 2, a communication satellite launched in 1964 and ceased functioning in 1967 ...

The defunct probe from the former Soviet Union, known as Kosmos 482, was launched in 1972 on a mission to explore Venus. A launch failure left it trapped in Earth’s orbit — where it has remained for ...

The Venus of Kołobrzeg, discovered by a Polish farmer on the Baltic coast in 2022, has been authenticated as a Neolithic artifact.

Kosmos-482, a failed Soviet Venus probe, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere in May, but tracking its exact descent proved elusive.

The long and troubled history of the would-be Venus spacecraft, known as Kosmos-482, can shed some light on these key questions, scientists say. So, let's have a look.

Lost in space Meanwhile, the botched probe that failed to get from Earth to Venus was "renamed" Kosmos-482.

Different computer models were used to predict the reentry of the 1970s-era Soviet Venus craft Kosmos-482. Why were they divergent, and how can we improve our debris-fall forecasts?