Russian cosmonauts will leave the ISS to inspect a strange hole in their spacecraft
It was late August when a mysterious hole was discovered in a Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space Station. The hole, which had apparently …
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Russian hackers are still trying to find weak spots in the US power grid
Well, here’s some electrifying news. At a forum for cyber researchers in Washington DC today, representatives of threat intelligence firm FireEye made clear that the …
Watch Russia launch an ISS cargo ship live today
It’s been a strange few months for Russia’s space program. First, a strange hole showed up in a Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space …
Russia says it’s going to beat Elon Musk and SpaceX’s ‘old tech’ with a nuclear rocket
Elon Musk and SpaceX won’t be leading the reusable rocket space race long, at least not if Russia has anything to say about it. Russia’s …
Russia says its doomed rocket was damaged before takeoff, causing launch failure
It was just a couple of days ago that Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that its probe into the Soyuz rocket failure had officially wrapped …
Russia releases video showing Soyuz rocket failure as it happened
Just yesterday the Russian space agency Roscosmos revealed that it has completed its investigation into the failure of its Soyuz rocket on a recent launch …
Russia finally explains what went wrong with the Soyuz rocket
It’s only been a few weeks since the Soyuz rocket launched by Russian space agency Roscosmos was forced to abort its launch shortly after takeoff. …
Here’s your once-in-a-lifetime chance to own a Moon rock
We’re all pretty familiar with the Moon from a very young age. It’s usually one of the first topics talked about in our earliest science …
The failed Soyuz rocket looked like a giant needle and thread from space
Traveling to the International Space Station is a pretty special thing that only a very select group of people will ever have the opportunity to …
Of course Russia denies Microsoft’s claim that Russian hackers are attacking the upcoming elections
Russia has always maintained it did not interfere in the 2016 US presidential elections, in spite of significant evidence that says otherwise. And Russia continues …
Worms frozen for 40,000 years were just brought back to life
What if you could freeze yourself for a hundred years and then wake back up in the future? Would you do it? How about 1,000 …
Russia just crushed the record for fastest trip to the International Space Station
Russian cargo resupply trips to the International Space Station have become such a regular, predictable thing that even NASA rarely bothers to make a big …
Watch astronauts casually ride a rocket flying into space at 18,000 miles per hour
Very few people ever have the opportunity to fly into space. If SpaceX and Blue Origin manage to make space tourism a real thing, that …
Russia wants to zap space junk with a huge frickin’ laser
Space junk is a big problem. The amount of trash floating around in Earth orbit has gradually piled up over the decades and we’ve now …
How an argument with the Russian government is preventing Telegram from updating worldwide
Popular iPhone and Android chat app Telegram ran into some serious issues with the Russian government, which banned the app a few weeks ago, taking …
The FBI wants you to turn your router off and back on again
Listen, it’s not you, it’s the Russians. And this story doesn’t involve any collusion and witch hunts. It’s just that the FBI would like you …
Russia struggles to maintain straight face while asking why Facebook banned fake Russian accounts
Roskomnadzor, which actually not Skynet’s Soviet cousin but rather the Russian telecoms regulator, made the news earlier this week thanks to the ban on Telegram …
Russia wants Apple and Google to remove Telegram from their app stores
Created by Russian-born developers, encrypted chat app Telegram is one of the most popular instant messaging apps on iPhone and Android. But Russia has Telegram …
Russia bans Telegram after messaging app ignores court order
The Russian government has ordered an immediate ban on Telegram, the encrypted messaging app, after the company ignored a court order to give the Federal Security …
Bitcoin falls below $7,000 amid stock market slump and regulation fears
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continued their bad month on Wednesday, with prices for the most famous coin falling below $7,000 once again. Analysts blamed the …
Russian hacker pleads not guilty to hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox
A Russian hacker who was extradited from the Czech Republic on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges he hacked three US technology companies, including a …
Now the Russians want to nuke asteroids, too
It was just days ago that a team of scientists from NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration spoke at length about the potential to …
Moscow is absolutely buried in snow, and the photos are amazing
Russia gets its fair share of snow every year so for Moscow to be covered in a layer of white stuff in early February isn’t …
It’s so cold in Russia that thermometers are breaking
The East Coast of the US has been inundated with cold weather for the last few weeks. With temperatures dropping to as low as 14 …
Russians claim they’ve found the first extraterrestrial life, and it was right under our noses
Science fiction has taught us to expect our first contact with alien life to be a momentous event, with radio signals from another civilization filling …
Russian man says he lived on Mars in a past life, and that Martians are still there
There are lots of crazy people walking around on our planet, and even if they honestly believe some of the things they say — that …
Russia’s future soldier super suits are getting nuclear-proof accessories
In the never-ending forward march of military technology, Russia made a big leap in July when it showed off its vision for foot soldiers of …
Kaspersky Lab accused of having knowingly assisted Russian spies
Reports a few days ago said that Russia used Kaspersky antivirus software to spy on various targets including US government officials and spies. The reports went …
More than 10 million people saw the political ads Russia bought on Facebook last year
Remember when Facebook was so quick to dismiss the reports saying fake news spreading on the social network may have played a crucial role in …
Russia and the US pledge to work together on a lunar space station
Tensions between the governments of the United States and Russia are undeniably high as of late, but that isn’t stopping scientists in both countries from …
