Sometimes, the best innovative ideas come from synthesizing two previous ones. We've reported before on the idea of having a ...

A Soviet postage stamp celebrates Venera 8, a mission to explore Venus that launched on March 27, 1972. Another spacecraft that launched four days later didn't make it out of Earth's orbit. A Cold War ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Keep an eye on Arizona skies this week — a Soviet-era spacecraft could come crashing down. Kosmos 482, launched in 1972, was meant ...

Planet Venus is one of the most fascinating places in the solar system, and the one most easily recognizable in the night sky. The true twin of planet Earth (no, it's not Mars), Venus has more things ...

NASA's Langley Research Center proposes exploring Venus with an airship first before mankind sets foot on Mars. It's not as crazy as it sounds. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Recent lava flows spotted on Venus suggest the planet could be much more geologically active than first thought, possibly as active as Earth. The geological processes producing these flows, first ...

Three missions from Earth are currently headed to Mars. But some scientists are saying it's time to go to Venus, despite all the challenges in... Planetary Scientists Say It's Time To Explore Venus ...