With the ISS retiring, Russia plans to build a successor. The strategy?
Sandeep K S
Dec 25, 2025
1 min read
Russia plans to recycle its ISS modules into a new orbital station after 2030, despite critical flaws in aged modules and significant microbiological growth, raising safety concerns.
Funded by a tech billionaire, this $500M telescope aims to prove that "move fast and break things" can work for astrophysics.
The Problem: When black holes merge or stars explode (Kilonovae), the event lasts only hours. To study them, a telescope must look immediately.
Scientists have found a way to track invisible solar storms by watching what they block out: the constant rain of cosmic rays.
The Threat: Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are massive clouds of solar plasma that can disrupt satellites and power grids.
Why does the Moon have two faces? Samples from China's Chang'e-6 mission reveal a catastrophic impact that boiled the lunar interior and reshaped a world.
We always see the same face of the Moon. It is covered in dark, smooth plains called Maria—ancient lava flows.
