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"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...
"It's like discovering a continent you didn't know existed," Valerio Carruba of the São Paulo State University in Brazil, who ...
Kosmos-482, a failed Soviet Venus probe, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere in May, but tracking its exact descent proved elusive.
Astronomers are making a surprising breakthrough in the study of Venus, as new simulations suggest there may be a hidden ...
A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...
Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...
On June 22, the moon, Venus and the Pleiades star cluster will form an extraordinary celestial triangle in the predawn sky ...
New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.
Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.
Until now, the inner Solar System looked like a mostly charted neighborhood. Astronomers tracked thousands of near‑Earth objects, flagged a handful as ...
Experts say Venus is hiding some asteroids that could potentially be deadly should they impact Earth. Venus currently has at least 20 co-orbital asteroids that have the potential to “approach the ...
A new study suggests that unidentified "co-orbital asteroids" around Venus may have the capacity to impact our planet in the future, with potentially devastating consequences. However, there is no ...