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Drone thermal imaging captures rare turtle laying eggs in Thailand
PHANG NGA, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai marine conservation officials have used thermal imaging equipment mounted on a drone to capture footage of a leatherback sea turtle, the world's largest turtle spe...
Jan 17, 2023
Scientists unearth megaraptors, feathered dinosaur fossils in Chile’s Patagonia
By Marion Giraldo (Reuters) - Scientists in Chile's Patagonia region are unearthing the southernmost dinosaur fossils recorded outside Antarctica, including remains of megaraptors that would have domi...
Jan 16, 2023
Move over Ben Franklin: Laser lightning rod electrifies scientists
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Benjamin Franklin fashioned the first lightning rod in the 1750s following his famous experiment flying a kite with a key attached during a thunderstorm, the...
Jan 16, 2023
Russia sets new contingency plan for crew of damaged space capsule
(Reuters) - Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced new contingency plans on Saturday for the three crew of a damaged capsule docked to the International Space Station, saying the U.S. member of the...
Jan 14, 2023
Britain says failed satellite launch to be probed by UK Space, U.S. FAA
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday Virgin Orbit's failed satellite launch this week would be jointly investigated by the UK Space Accident Investigation Authority (SAIA) and the United States F...
Jan 13, 2023
Last year tied as world’s fifth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last year was the world's joint-fifth warmest year on record and the last nine years were the nine warmest since pre-industrial times, as climate change continued t...
Jan 12, 2023
Astronomers discover Milky Way galaxy’s most-distant stars
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have detected in the stellar halo that represents the Milky Way's outer limits a group of stars more distant from Earth than any known within our own ...
Jan 12, 2023
Virgin Orbit aims for new UK satellite launch
LONDON (Reuters) - Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit said on Thursday it would attempt another rocket launch from Cornwall after its mission on Monday ended in failure, dashing Britain's hopes of becomin...
Jan 12, 2023
Russia to launch Soyuz rocket to bring back cosmonauts from ISS after leak
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz rocket on Feb. 20 to bring home two cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station after their original c...
Jan 11, 2023
ABL Space Systems’ rocket fails on maiden launch
(Reuters) - Space startup ABL Space Systems' maiden RS1 rocket mission failed after it was launched on Tuesday from the Pacific Spaceport Center in Alaska, after delays late last year. "After liftoff,...
Jan 10, 2023
