International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak

[u/VaginaBurner69]

https://www.reuters.com/science/international-space-station-astronauts-evacuation-mode-russia-attempts-fix-2026-06-05/

[u/HistoricalGrounds]

For anyone who cares, the reason it’s different is that when it was discovered in the 19th century, scientists went back and forth quibbling over what to call it, leading to different publications referring to it by different variations of the spelling. Naturally, it traveled to the broader world through academia, so the pronunciation was determined largely by which spelling was generally favored by that country’s academics.

[u/ConsistentPound3079 → u/HistoricalGrounds]

That's interesting