Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
NASA's Juno finds Jupiter is a tiny bit smaller than previously thought
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large - by ever so small an amount - as scien...
Thomson Reuters Feb 04, 2026
Musk's mega-merger of SpaceX and xAI bets on sci-fi future of data centers in space
By Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette Feb 4 (Reuters) - Seventy-five years ago, the idea of harnessing the power of the skies was little more than fantasy spun by futurists like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac...
Thomson Reuters Feb 04, 2026
Amazon's AWS CEO calls orbital data centers 'pretty far' from reality
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Amazon's top cloud computing executive said space-based data centers are "pretty far" from being a reality, even as a number of startups and the comp...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2026
NASA's Artemis II moon mission slips to March
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - NASA pushed its Artemis II mission to March after wrapping up a launch rehearsal that uncovered issues with the massive Space Launch System rocket's fuel...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2026
SpaceX grounds Falcon 9 flights after second-stage issue
By Joey Roulette Feb 3 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX has paused flights of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket over an unspecified issue that its second stage experienced after successfully deploying Starl...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2026
US space stocks rise after Musk's SpaceX merges with xAI at $1.25 trillion valuation
By Jaspreet Singh Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. space stocks rose on Tuesday after Elon Musk announced the merger of SpaceX and xAI in a deal that valued the combined entity at $1.25 trillion, a major push t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2026
NASA delays Artemis 2 moon mission to March due to liquid hydrogen leak
Feb 3 (Reuters) - NASA said on Tuesday it was targeting a March window to launch its Artemis 2 mission to send four astronauts around the moon after a delay in this week's departure, caused by a leak ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2026
Germany eyes lasers, spy satellites in military space spending splurge
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Germany is weighing investments ranging from spy satellites and space planes to offensive lasers under a 35 billion euro ($41 billion) military space spending...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2026
Japan retrieves rare earth mud from deep seabed in test mission
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Monday that it has successfully retrieved rare-earth-rich seabed mud for the first time from depths of around 6 km (4 miles) during...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2026
Singapore to launch space agency in response to global investment surge
SINGAPORE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Singapore will launch its own space agency on April 1 as it bids to "fully harness the value and opportunities of the growing global space economy", the country's trade mi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2026




