In the early days of space exploration, the Soviet Union launched the Venera Program, one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken to explore another planet. From 1961 to 1985, the USSR sent ...

A divided panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of ...

A Tennessee man avoided a trial and possible death sentence by pleading guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three people and ...

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The days have been slowly shortening since the Summer Solstice in June, but the change becomes more apparent here in southern ...

One of the largest earthquakes on record struck far eastern Russia this week. The last time the region was hit by a such a ...

Russia summit approaches, Ukrainian military faces growing divisions between the rank-and-file and top brass ...

In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a ...

A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technology can make supersonic ...

The Ekranoplan concept was born in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Its design stemmed from the discovery of the ground effect, a phenomenon in which an aircraft flying close to ...

Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat.

Workers at a South Carolina site that once made parts for U.S. nuclear bombs found a radioactive wasp nest. Workers at a site ...