Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Australian telescope maps deep space at record speed
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A powerful new telescope in outback Australia has mapped vast areas of the universe in record-breaking time, revealing a million new galaxies and opening the way t...
Dec 01, 2020
Ravens game at Steelers postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak
(Reuters) - The Baltimore Ravens' game versus hosts Pittsburgh Steelers has been moved to Tuesday from Sunday because of a COVID-19 outbreak within the visiting team, ESPN reported on Friday. The matc...
Nov 27, 2020
Russia should look again at terms of ISS participation – space industry official
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia should consider revising the terms of its participation in the International Space Station, a Russian space industry executive said on Thursday, because it wants to focus on ...
Nov 26, 2020
Slow and steady or a big spurt? How to grow a ferocious dinosaur
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Large meat-eating dinosaurs attained their great size through very different growth strategies, with some taking a slow and steady path and others experiencing an...
Nov 26, 2020
Dinosaur-era bird with scythe-like beak sheds light on avian diversity
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A delicate but exquisitely preserved skull of a crow-sized bird with a scythe-like beak that inhabited Madagascar 68 million years ago is showing scientists that ...
Nov 25, 2020
SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX will continue beta testing its satellite-based broadband service Starlink into next year, the company said late Tuesday, indicating commercial service wo...
Nov 25, 2020
Egyptian inventor trials robot that can test for COVID-19
TANTA, Egypt (Reuters) - With Egypt facing a second coronavirus wave, an inventor is trialing a remote-control robot which can test for COVID-19, take the temperature of patients, and warn them if the...
Nov 25, 2020
Small U.S. launch firm Rocket Lab recovers rocket, in test of reusability
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Small launch firm Rocket Lab was able to safely recover from the ocean a rocket it sent to space, its chief executive said on Monday, a key test of the company's strategy ...
Nov 23, 2020
China launches robotic spacecraft to retrieve rocks from the moon
WENCHANG, China (Reuters) - China on Tuesday launched a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve samples from the lunar surface since the 1970s,...
Nov 23, 2020
China sets launch window for mission to moon
(Reuters) - China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon between 4 am and 5 am Beijing time on Tuesday (2000-2100 GMT on Monday), the official Xinhua news agency said, citing information f...
Nov 23, 2020
