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A Soviet spacecraft is expected to make a crash landing on Earth this week. But nobody knows where — yet.

Science & Technology

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos 482 probe was intended to reach Venus, however, it never got to its destination. Instead, it’s been circling Earth since 1972, and gradually descending.

Argentina tries to fight the theft of its precious meteorites

Culture
Six Russian women who underwent eight days of simulated space flight in a mock space capsule.

Could Russia be the first nation to send a woman to the Moon?

Science
Kelly brother astronauts

NASA is using twin brothers to observe the effects of zero gravity on the human body

Science
This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is already historic, and it’s just getting started

Science
An artist's rendering of a habitable moon orbiting a gas giant planet.

Life beyond Earth? The best bet may be on moons, not planets

Science

The search is on for planets that could harbor life, but many of the candidates that we can see are more like gassy Jupiter than rocky Earth. But those planets may be home to rocky moons that can sustain life themselves