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Blue Origin to begin space tourism ticket sales Wednesday
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, is poised to open up ticket sales on Wednesday for suborbital sightseeing trips on its New Shepard spacecraf...
May 05, 2021
How scientists are using a ‘romantic solution’ to save endangered white abalone
By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) - White abalone - whose flesh is a delicacy and polished shell is prized as mother of pearl - are threatened with extinction. But scientists are looking to turn the tide f...
May 05, 2021
Starlink satellite internet service gets 500,000 preorders, Musk says
(Reuters) - SpaceX has received more than 500,000 preorders for its Starlink satellite internet service and anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand, founder Elon Musk said on Tuesday. "On...
May 04, 2021
Antibody drug neutralizes virus variants in lab study; COVID-19 antibodies detectable 12 months after infection
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
May 03, 2021
How long is the solar system’s longest day? Venus has the answer
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Data obtained by bouncing radio waves off Venus - treating it, as one scientist said, like a giant disco ball - is providing new insight into Earth's closest plan...
May 03, 2021
Italy unveils new hi-tech floor design for Colosseum area
ROME (Reuters) - The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor thanks to a new, hi-tech project announced by the culture ministry on Sunday. "It is an extraordinary project," said Cu...
May 02, 2021
Four astronauts return from space station aboard SpaceX capsule
(Reuters) - Four astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station early on Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash-down in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA said. ...
May 02, 2021
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity shifts into new operational test phase
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After exceeding all expectations with its initial four test flights, the first ever by an aircraft over the surface of another planet, NASA's tiny Mars robot he...
Apr 30, 2021
NASA tells SpaceX to halt lunar lander work pending challenges by rivals
SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. space agency NASA has told Elon Musk's SpaceX to halt work under a contract to develop a lunar lander, pending the outcome of challenges by rival bidders at the U.S. Governmen...
Apr 30, 2021
Vaccine protects COVID-19 survivors against variants; virus’ spike protein damages blood vessels
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Apr 30, 2021
