Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the comet in the footage. Credit: NASA/STEREO/Karl Battams | edited by Space.com's ...

The Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482 was launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus. But due to a rocket malfunction, it's been ...

It splashed down in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta ... Although space law specifies that ownership of a crashed space object remains with the country that launched it, the Soviets didn ...

"Even if Kosmos-482 does survive reentry into Earth's atmosphere, McDowell says that given the fact that the planet's surface is 70% ocean ... through the sky like a comet. This story was edited ...

The Kosmos 482 Descent Craft spacecraft is expected to crash down on Earth at 12:37 ... so it could likely land in the ocean, according to AccuWeather. While Longbroek was unsure where the probe ...