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Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu, buttressing the notion that some ingredients crucial for t...
Mar 21, 2023
Tennis-Alcaraz routs Medvedev in Indian Wells final, reclaims No. 1 ranking
(Reuters) - Top seed Carlos Alcaraz snapped Daniil Medvedev's 19-match win streak with a 6-3 6-2 rout in the Indian Wells final on Sunday that will see him leapfrog Novak Djokovic and return to world ...
Mar 19, 2023
NASA unveils new spacesuit specially tailored for lunar wear
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The big, puffy white moonsuits worn by Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo astronauts a half-century ago are out of fashion. Lunar haute couture now calls for something mo...
Mar 15, 2023
Blue Origin expects New Shepard rocket’s return to flight in late 2023
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blue Origin expects to return its New Shepard rocket to flight by the end of 2023 after the vehicle suffered a mid-flight failure in September, a company sales executive said on...
Mar 15, 2023
New analysis reveals dynamic volcanism on Venus
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fresh analysis of radar images obtained more than three decades ago has yielded new evidence indicating Venus, Earth's planetary next-door neighbor, is currentl...
Mar 15, 2023
OneWeb ‘moves on’ from Soyuz-stranded satellites as its network nears completion
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - OneWeb, nearing completion of its internet-from-space network, has largely given up on trying to retrieve satellites worth $50 million in a dispute related to t...
Mar 15, 2023
Brazilian researchers find ‘terrifying’ plastic rocks on remote island
By Sergio Queiroz TRINDADE ISLAND, Brazil (Reuters) - The geology of Brazil's volcanic Trindade Island has fascinated scientists for years, but the discovery of rocks made from plastic debris in this ...
Mar 15, 2023
Study explains mealtime for the minke whale, the ocean’s littlest giant
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the smallest of the group of baleen whales that includes the blue whale - filter-feeding behemoths of the marine realm - the Antarctic minke whale aptly can be...
Mar 15, 2023
NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $112 million contract for far-side moon lander
(Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday said it had picked U.S. rocket builder Firefly Aerospace to put a lander on the moon's far side in 2026, under a nearly $112 million contract. "The commercial lander will d...
Mar 14, 2023
Soccer-Ramsey named Wales captain in wake of Bale retirement
(Reuters) - Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey has been named captain following Gareth Bale's retirement to lead his country in their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, the Welsh FA announced on Tuesday. Ramse...
Mar 14, 2023
