given it was built to withstand a landing on Venus, the solar system’s hottest planet. The chances of anyone getting clobbered by spacecraft debris were exceedingly low, scientists said.

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most of it burns up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different. It was meant to land on Venus in 1972 at the ...

Space debris re-enters Earth every day. Most burn up in the atmosphere. But Russia's 1972 failed Venera mission probe Cosmos 482 is different.It was meant to land on Venus in 1972 at the height of ...

Get ready for your best chance to spot a fireball—the technical term for a meteor brighter than Venus ... with a debris trail left behind by Asteroid 3200 Phaethon, the so-called “rock comet.” ...