Up until about two decades ago, when the International Astronomical Union downgraded Pluto’s status to a “dwarf planet,” the conventional wisdom was that our solar system has nine full-fledged planets. That may still be the case, researchers led by a Soviet-born California-based astronomer say.
Russian scientists are studying one of the most mysterious particles in nature: the neutrino. The research could give them a deeper knowledge about the standard model of particle physics, the nature of black holes — and evn lift the veil of secrecy over the Big Bang.
DAMASCUS (Sputnik) - Syrian forces destroyed armored vehicles and transport belonging to Islamist extremists in the Aleppo, Idlib and Latakia countryside in northwestern Syria, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
About a dozen countries are working on hypersonic missile tech, with only a handful fielding maneuverable hypersonic projectiles. The UK will have to overcome an array of fundamental scientific problems before it can become a hypersonic power in its own right, and funding is only part of the equation, says Russian missile expert Dmitry Drozdenko.
BEIJING (Sputnik) - The development of US billionaire Elon Musk's electric carmaker Tesla is a successful example of trade and economic cooperation between China and the United States, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Sunday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday as part of a three-day visit to China — marred by strained diplomatic relations between Washington and the growing Asian power.
Most of America’s overseas allies are signatories to the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute. The US itself quit the Court in 2002 before launching its war of aggression in Iraq. Israel is not a party to the ICC, but is concerned about the “dangerous precedent” that could be set by threats to drag its leaders before the Court.
Kicking off its foray into drone design and manufacturing in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq War, Iran has gone on to create more than 50 different kinds of unmanned aerial vehicles, from reconnaissance and strike drones to loitering munitions.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia rejects the possibility of exchanging its new regions for assets frozen by the West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday.
Russian officials warned their German counterparts in the spring of 2022 that a decision to reject cheap and reliable Russian pipeline gas in favor of tanker-shipped liquefied natural gas would cause manufacturers from the European industrial powerhouse to flee for better climes. Two years on, these warnings have become reality.
Confiscating Russian assets would be a nail in the coffin of the entire Western economic system, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The United States’ transition to a market-based model of retirement insurance has resulted in millions of Americans lacking the savings to retire.
The phones of our past may become the phones of our future.
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977 on missions to study the outer solar system, making the probes 46-years-old and the longest operating spacecraft in history. Decades ago, they successfully flew past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United Kingdom may send its military to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid, Sky News reported, citing government sources.
SOUTH LEBANON (Sputnik) - Twelve people were injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the town of Sarbin in southern Lebanon, a local military source told Sputnik.
As activists call for a recognition of the legacy of colonialism, others insist Western countries continue to subjugate the Global South.
The Europe-based International Olympic Committee has long been criticized for its lack of neutrality, submitting to Western leaders’ foreign policy prerogatives while unfairly punishing Russia.
According to reports, some of the bodies found in the mass graves were handcuffed, shot in the head, or were buried without clothes.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has become the first country in the world to create a space system for monitoring the Arctic region after a state commission had accepted the Arktika-M satellite No. 2 into operation, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said.