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An artist's illustration of NASA's RHESSI satellite

NASA satellite crash not source of mysterious flash of light above Ukraine capital, agency claims

By Ben Turner published

A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t.

Space
An X-ray image of the unexploded grenade, lodged just below the soldier's heart.

Doctors risked their own lives to remove a live grenade from a Ukrainian soldier's chest

By Rebecca Sohn published

The surgeons had to refrain from using common procedures that could have detonated the grenade.

Health
Mummy coffins on display in part in the permanent Egyptian collection and also part of the 'Queens of the Nile' Exhibition held at the National Museum of Antiquities or Rijksmuseum van Oudheden on November 30, 2016 in Leiden, Netherlands. With 350 prized Egyptian pieces, including royal portraits, statues of deities, sophisticated jewellery, amulets and precious utensils, plus the sarcophagus and grave goods of Queen Nefertari, from the Museo Egizio in Turin. This is the first time that such a large exhibition on the queens of Egypt has been organised in the Netherlands.

5 stunning archaeological discoveries that may finally be unearthed in 2023

By Owen Jarus published

Here are five predictions about what archaeologists may dig up in 2023.

Archaeology
Night sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020.

Are there really UFOs flying over Ukraine?

By Brandon Specktor published

A recent report about pitch-black "phantom" UFOs in the skies over Ukraine has been discredited by the Ukrainian government and by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.

Extraterrestrial Life
A colored gradient of frogs, from black to green.

Chernobyl radiation set off black frog surge while green frogs 'croaked.' Evolution explains why.

By Jennifer Nalewicki last updated

Chernobyl frogs' evolution shows how they have adapted to live with higher radiation by turning black.

Amphibians
Night sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020.

'Cosmic' and 'phantom' UFOs are all over Ukraine's skies, government report claims

By Brandon Specktor published

Dozens of 'phantom' and 'cosmic' UFOs have been detected in the skies over Ukraine, a new government report claims.

Extraterrestrial Life
Photo of an archaological site in ukraine that dates to the Scythian period; the outline of a structure can be seen in stone with several indentations in the floor

Scythian arrowheads and Bronze Age dwelling uncovered in Ukraine

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scythian artifacts were found near Bilsk in Ukraine.

Archaeology
A black and white photograph taken in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 during World War II. It shows Jews, both adults and children, held at gunpoint as SS troops look on.

What is genocide?

By Tom Metcalfe published

Acts of genocide — trying to partially or completely destroy an entire people or group — have been committed countless times throughout history.

Human Behavior
Propaganda poster : Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin and Stalin, 1953.

Soviet Union: History, leaders and legacy

By Owen Jarus last updated

Reference The Soviet Union was the world's first communist country and had a major influence on the 20th century — and still has an influence today.

Reference
Soviet "liquidators" who were sent to Chernobyl to clean up after the accident wore protective gear to shield them from high levels of dangerous radiation.

'Lost tapes' from Chernobyl show the haunting fallout of the nuclear disaster

By Mindy Weisberger published

Recently unearthed footage that documented the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident remained hidden for decades.

Planet Earth
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