Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in Earth's orbit since.

Scientists followed up their finding by looking at the object through the University of Hawaii’s Near-Infrared Echellette Spectrometer telescope, and was given the name CWISE J1249.

The final hours of the 53-year, errant flight of the Soviet Union’s Cosmos 482 space probe are upon us. US Department of Defense data predicts that the rugged, half-ton spacecraft once bound for ...

Galaxy ranks as most distant object in cosmos Astrophysicists say they have detected a tiny galaxy that is the farthest known object from Earth.

A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it highlights the need to stay vigilant.

Here’s the latest reminder that space is really, really big. At a cool billion light years across, a distant complex of galaxy superclusters may be the largest structure yet found in the cosmos.

NASA's long-lived Hubble Space Telescope captured vivid bright clumps moving through the cosmos at some 1,000 light years from Earth. The space agency called these objects clear "smoking gun ...

Groundbreaking discovery in the cosmos? / Object 230 light years away could well be first planet directly seen outside solar system By Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science WriterSep 11, 2004 ...

Cosmos 482, launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1972 with a destination of Venus, malfunctioned and has been in Earth's orbit since.

A piece of space junk called Cosmos 482 is unlikely to pose a threat to people or property. But space experts say it highlights the need to stay vigilant.