On the 18th of March, 1965, the Soviet Union achieved a historic milestone in the race for space dominance when Alexei Leonov became the first man to ever walk in space. The mission was dubbed the Voskhod 2 mission and was a major milestone in the history of space exploration, with the USSR beating the…
The United States is racing back to the Moon, and this time it plans to stay. At a major agency event called Ignition, Nasa unveiled a sweeping new plan to return astronauts to the lunar surface, build a permanent base, and push deeper into space, in line with Donald Trump’s National Space Policy.Leading the charge…
Newly released photographs from NASA’s Gemini 8 mission show Neil Armstrong and David Scott after an emergency return to Earth in 1966. The images were reportedly taken by Ron McQueeney and have been donated to the Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, by McQueeney’s widow. They capture the astronauts on the deck of…
A high school student in the United States, Mia Heller, has developed a low-cost water filtration prototype that can remove up to 96% of microplastics using a magnetic liquid known as ferrofluid. The project, presented at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2025, offers a simple and potentially affordable approach to a growing global…
Incidents of “blood rain” during times of war usually evoke fear and many unfounded stories and speculations. This phenomenon is particularly common during war times and in war-torn regions, especially when the sky turns red, and it appears to be raining blood. However, the real explanation for this phenomenon is quite simple and not so…