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Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket passes launch rehearsal -ESA
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's Ariane 6 launcher has passed a key rehearsal in preparation for its first flight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday - part of efforts to bring the delayed roc...
Nov 23, 2023
Scientists identify new dinosaur species from footprints in Brazil
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) - Brazil's geological service on Thursday announced a new species of dinosaur, a speedy animal that lived in the desert during the early Cretaceous period. The new species, called...
Nov 23, 2023
Webb space telescope spies precocious ‘teenage’ galaxies
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since becoming operational last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has made groundbreaking observations involving some of the universe's earliest galaxies. One ...
Nov 21, 2023
North Korea’s space launch program and long-range missile projects
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has notified Japan of a plan to launch a rocket carrying a space satellite between Nov. 22 and Dec. 1, which would be the third attempt by Pyongyang to put a military spy...
Nov 20, 2023
UK says new science initiative to work on climate-resilient crops
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a new science initiative to bring together work on developing climate-resilient crops as his government hosts a Global Food Security...
Nov 19, 2023
SpaceX Starship set for repeat test flight, seven months after last one blew up
By Joe Skipper, Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) - SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was set for blastoff on...
Nov 18, 2023
SpaceX delays Starship test flight a day over hardware swap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX postponed its second attempt to launch the company's Starship rocket system into space by a day to Saturday, Chief Executive Elon Musk said, citing a piece of flight contr...
Nov 16, 2023
Bone bite marks reveal dinosaur predator-prey dynamics
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the perilous Jurassic Period landscape of western North America, it was good to be big. Your life may have depended upon it. Paleontologists have conducted a s...
Nov 16, 2023
Amazon’s prototype Kuiper satellites operating successfully
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) -Amazon.com said on Thursday its two prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network have been operating successfully in orbit, with the project on track to sta...
Nov 16, 2023
‘We’re releasing life’: Heat wave speeds turtle hatching in Peru
SAN JOSE DE LUPUNA, Peru (Reuters) - In the Peruvian Amazon, an extended heat wave and drought have shortened the incubation period for thousands of turtle hatchlings released into the river by biolog...
Nov 15, 2023
