Bowhead whales are amazing creatures. They live in the cold Arctic waters. These whales are the longest-living mammals on Earth. Some can live up to 268 years! That's way longer than any human. Scientists have been studying these whales. They found something interesting. Bowhead whales are really good at fixing damaged DNA. This helps them stay healthy for a very lo...
Four space travelers are on their way back to Earth after spending nearly a year in orbit. The crew includes NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were originally supposed to return much sooner. They are joined by Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov, who launched in September. The group is part of the Crew-9 mission, a regular crew swap managed by NASA a...
The Taliban government in Afghanistan recently released an American citizen who had been held captive for over two years. This man, George Glezmann, was a tourist when he was detained in December 2022. His release was described as a humanitarian gesture by the Taliban's foreign ministry. This event marked a significant moment in US-Taliban relations, as it involved h...
The International Space Station (ISS) is set to say goodbye to two of its crew members. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are scheduled to return to Earth on Tuesday, March 18. This return is highly anticipated, as their mission has lasted much longer than initially planned. They were originally supposed to spend only about 10 days in space. Instead, they have been ...
Four brave astronauts are set to embark on a journey to the International Space Station tonight. The launch is scheduled for 7:03 p. m. EDT. The crew includes NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Takuya Onishi from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. This is the second try to launch the Falcon 9 rocket af...
Garantex, a Russian crypto exchange, has had a rough week. On Thursday, Tether locked away about $28 million of Garantex's funds. At the same time, an international law enforcement operation, led by the U. S. Secret Service, took down Garantex's websites. Garantex didn't mention this operation to its customers. Instead, they said they were "suspending all services, i...
Two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are finally on the brink of returning to Earth after an extended stay in space. Their journey, which was supposed to last only a week, has stretched to nine months due to unexpected challenges. The astronauts were initially launched aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule, which encountered numerous issues en route to the In...
Last week, some news websites like The Daily Mail and The New York Post claimed that astronaut Suni Williams was sick. They even said her colleague, Butch Wilmore, might be losing weight. NASA quickly cleared things up, saying all astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are doing well. The rumors started because some people thought Williams looked thin in...
Imagine a whodunit story where someone is trying to destabilize Ukraine's democracy. The British government has just dropped a bombshell revealing the culprits. On Monday, Britain announced fresh sanctions against several high-profile Russians and their PR agencies. These agencies, namely the Social Design Agency, Structura National Technologies, and ANO DIALOG, are ...
Late on a Friday morning, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the end of a seven-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS) for a group of American and Russian astronauts. This mission, known as Crew-8, included NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander G...