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Japan space agency delays H3 rocket's second launch due to bad weather
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on Tuesday it will delay the launch date of the second model of the new H3 flagship rocket from the initially planned Feb. 15 due t...
Feb 13, 2024
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon has a hidden secret - a subsurface ocean
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saturn's moon Mimas is known for its uncanny resemblance to the dreaded Death Star in the original "Star Wars" movie. But it has another intriguing distinction as...
Feb 07, 2024
Russian cosmonaut to set record Sunday for most time spent in space -reports
(Reuters) - Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko is expected to set a world record on Sunday for the duration of space flights with nearly 2-1/2 years in total, Russian news agencies reported. As expected...
Feb 03, 2024
China launches powerful Jielong-3 rocket, paves way for more commercial missions
BEIJING (Reuters) - A small but powerful Chinese rocket capable of sending payloads at competitive costs delivered nine satellites into orbit on Saturday, Chinese state media reported, in what is gear...
Feb 03, 2024
Bones from German cave rewrite early history of Homo sapiens in Europe
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Bone fragments unearthed in a cave in central Germany show that our species ventured into Europe's cold higher latitudes more than 45,000 years ago - much earlier than previ...
Jan 31, 2024
Gilead Sciences raises stake in cancer-centric Arcus Biosciences to 33%
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences said on Monday it has raised its stake in Arcus Biosciences to 33% and expanded its presence in the drug developer's board to three, deepening their collaboration in develo...
Jan 29, 2024
Webb telescope captures 'stunning' images of 19 spiral galaxies
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A batch of newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show in remarkable detail 19 spiral galaxies residing relatively near our Milky Way, o...
Jan 29, 2024
Japan's SLIM probe regains power more than a week after moon landing
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's SLIM spacecraft has regained power, its space agency said on Monday, more than a week after it achieved an unconventionally precise lunar landing but ran ou...
Jan 28, 2024
Iran simultaneously launches three satellites - state media
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran simultaneously launched three satellites for the first time on Sunday using the Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite carrier rocket developed by the Ministry of Defence, state media repo...
Jan 28, 2024
Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on Mars
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Data gathered by NASA's rover Perseverance has confirmed the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars calle...
Jan 26, 2024
