In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. It was the first satellite in Earth's orbit. Or was it? For over a hundred years, an object has been seen, heard and photographed by people all around the ...

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A US Army official may have accidentally dropped what some are calling the 'greatest slip ever' just days before Trump's big ...

When Pope Leo XIV ascended to the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica two weeks ago, he was bathed in the shadow of a long-gone ...

Last week, President Donald Trump boasted of the inclusion of the “Golden Dome” missile defense program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the House narrowly passed Thursday. The funding, ...

For the next few evenings, the waxing gibbous moon is already well up as skies darken. If you happen to see it, keep in mind ...

Today’s armed forces need satellites to function. Space is thus increasingly becoming a militarized zone. After relying on ...

While some Americans believe that nuclear is the key to winning the AI race, they began to hype that the US government's move ...

The first ICBM was developed by the Soviet Union and launched in May 1957 using the same rocket technology that sent the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit. The United States ...

As with other ICBM tests, today's launch was planned months in advance and "is not a response to current world events," the U ...

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