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40 Years On From Chernobyl, The "Claw Of Death" Is Still Abuzz With Dangerous Levels Of RadiationThe so-called Claw Of Death from the Chernobyl disaster in the town Pripyat

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40 Years On From Chernobyl, The "Claw Of Death" Is Still Abuzz With Dangerous Levels Of RadiationThe so-called Claw Of Death from the Chernobyl disaster in the town Pripyat
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40 Years On From Chernobyl, The "Claw Of Death" Is Still Abuzz With Dangerous Levels Of Radiation

clock-iconApril 24, 2026

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NASA's Lunar Orbiter May Have Spotted Long-Lost Luna 9 Spacecraft, 60 Years After It VanishedThe first image from the surface of the Moon, taken by Luna 9.

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NASA's Lunar Orbiter May Have Spotted Long-Lost Luna 9 Spacecraft, 60 Years After It VanishedThe first image from the surface of the Moon, taken by Luna 9.
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NASA's Lunar Orbiter May Have Spotted Long-Lost Luna 9 Spacecraft, 60 Years After It Vanished

clock-iconFebruary 10, 2026
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Project West Ford: In 1961, The US Military Attempted To Make An Artificial Ionosphere, And A Ring Around The EarthThe orbital path of some of the debris from Project West Ford (left), and the copper needles that make up that debris in comparison to a 1954 US stamp (right).

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Project West Ford: In 1961, The US Military Attempted To Make An Artificial Ionosphere, And A Ring Around The EarthThe orbital path of some of the debris from Project West Ford (left), and the copper needles that make up that debris in comparison to a 1954 US stamp (right).
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Project West Ford: In 1961, The US Military Attempted To Make An Artificial Ionosphere, And A Ring Around The Earth

clock-iconFebruary 10, 2026
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The Man Who Fell From Space: These Are The Last Words Of Cosmonaut Vladimir KomarovVladimir Komarov, pictured here in April 1965, just two years before his untimely death.

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The Man Who Fell From Space: These Are The Last Words Of Cosmonaut Vladimir KomarovVladimir Komarov, pictured here in April 1965, just two years before his untimely death.
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The Man Who Fell From Space: These Are The Last Words Of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov

clock-iconDecember 13, 2025
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Zond 5: In 1968 Two Soviet Steppe Tortoises Beat Humans To Orbiting Around The MoonLunar surface, as seen by the Command and Service Module on Apollo 12.

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Zond 5: In 1968 Two Soviet Steppe Tortoises Beat Humans To Orbiting Around The MoonLunar surface, as seen by the Command and Service Module on Apollo 12.
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Zond 5: In 1968 Two Soviet Steppe Tortoises Beat Humans To Orbiting Around The Moon

clock-iconSeptember 16, 2025

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Dogs In Moscow Know How To Use Metro Trains And They're Now Part Of Commuting LifeA photo showing a stray dog sitting on the carriage floor of a Moscow metro train. The legs of fellow passengers can be seen to either side of the shot. The dog looks relaxed and has its head cocked to one side, like it's listening. It's fur is uniformed creamy color but its muzzle is darker.

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Dogs In Moscow Know How To Use Metro Trains And They're Now Part Of Commuting LifeA photo showing a stray dog sitting on the carriage floor of a Moscow metro train. The legs of fellow passengers can be seen to either side of the shot. The dog looks relaxed and has its head cocked to one side, like it's listening. It's fur is uniformed creamy color but its muzzle is darker.
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Dogs In Moscow Know How To Use Metro Trains And They're Now Part Of Commuting Life

clock-iconJuly 16, 2025
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Humans Weren't The First Species To Travel Around The Moon. They Lost This Race To An Unexpected AnimalA digital photo showing two tortoises wearing modern astronaut helmets travelling through space in front of the Moon.

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Humans Weren't The First Species To Travel Around The Moon. They Lost This Race To An Unexpected AnimalA digital photo showing two tortoises wearing modern astronaut helmets travelling through space in front of the Moon.
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Humans Weren't The First Species To Travel Around The Moon. They Lost This Race To An Unexpected Animal

clock-iconJune 27, 2025
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Kosmos 482: Soviet Union's Failed Venus Probe Is About To Slam Into EarthVenera 4 Soviet Venus probe.

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Kosmos 482: Soviet Union's Failed Venus Probe Is About To Slam Into EarthVenera 4 Soviet Venus probe.
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Kosmos 482: Soviet Union's Failed Venus Probe Is About To Slam Into Earth

clock-iconApril 30, 2025
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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living NeanderthalsWhether it's Bigfoot, the Yeti, or the Almas, many cultures across the world have folklore tales of mysterious ape-like beings.

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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living NeanderthalsWhether it's Bigfoot, the Yeti, or the Almas, many cultures across the world have folklore tales of mysterious ape-like beings.
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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living Neanderthals

clock-iconMarch 5, 2025
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The Soviet Union Learned Why Flying Tanks Are A Terrible Idea The Hard WayAntonov A-40 flying tank.

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The Soviet Union Learned Why Flying Tanks Are A Terrible Idea The Hard WayAntonov A-40 flying tank.
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The Soviet Union Learned Why Flying Tanks Are A Terrible Idea The Hard Way

clock-iconNovember 27, 2024
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The Mysterious Tale Of The Missing Amber Roomreconstructed amber room

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The Mysterious Tale Of The Missing Amber Roomreconstructed amber room
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The Mysterious Tale Of The Missing Amber Room

clock-iconFebruary 10, 2023
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The Mummy And Mind Of Vladimir Lenin Still Haunts Russia's ImaginationVladimir Lenin, the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924, sitting at his desk

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The Mummy And Mind Of Vladimir Lenin Still Haunts Russia's ImaginationVladimir Lenin, the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924, sitting at his desk
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The Mummy And Mind Of Vladimir Lenin Still Haunts Russia's Imagination

clock-iconJanuary 24, 2023
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The "Lost Cosmonauts" Theory And The Recording That Claims To Back It Uparticle image

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The "Lost Cosmonauts" Theory And The Recording That Claims To Back It Uparticle image
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The "Lost Cosmonauts" Theory And The Recording That Claims To Back It Up

clock-iconJune 1, 2022
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Vladimir Komarov: The Cosmonaut Launched Into Space Knowing He Wouldn't Come Back Alivearticle image

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Vladimir Komarov: The Cosmonaut Launched Into Space Knowing He Wouldn't Come Back Alivearticle image
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Vladimir Komarov: The Cosmonaut Launched Into Space Knowing He Wouldn't Come Back Alive

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We Asked A NASA Historian To Weigh In On The Science Of Neil Armstrong Movie “First Man”article image

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We Asked A NASA Historian To Weigh In On The Science Of Neil Armstrong Movie “First Man”article image
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We Asked A NASA Historian To Weigh In On The Science Of Neil Armstrong Movie “First Man”

clock-iconOctober 11, 2018