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New method spots signs of Earth's primordial life in ancient rocks
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints of living organisms in ancient rocks, a...
Nov 18, 2025
Figurine of a woman and a goose offers peek at prehistoric beliefs
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -A clay figurine about 12,000 years old that was unearthed at the site of a prehistoric village overlooking the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel depicts a woman and a goose i...
Nov 17, 2025
Magnetic fossils may reveal ancient creature's internal 'GPS system'
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" for an ancient marine creature that used Earth's ...
Nov 17, 2025
Infinite Orbits secures 40 million euros of new financing
PARIS (Reuters) -Infinite Orbits has completed a 40 million euro ($46.40 million) funding round, it said on Monday, adding that the financing will help Europe to compete more effectively against the U...
Nov 17, 2025
Jeff Bezos to co-lead AI startup in first operational role since Amazon, NYT reports
(Reuters) -Jeff Bezos will serve as co-chief executive officer of a new artificial intelligence startup that focuses on AI for engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft, t...
Nov 17, 2025
China readies Shenzhou mission ahead of schedule after spacecraft damage
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China has begun preparations to send a Shenzhou spacecraft to its permanently inhabited space station ahead of schedule, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Satur...
Nov 15, 2025
Explainer-What has happened to the damaged spacecraft at China's space station?
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after getting stuck on China's space station for more than a week due to their spacecraft sustaining deb...
Nov 14, 2025
RNA recovered from Siberian mammoth that died 39,000 years ago
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have recovered the oldest-known RNA, a molecule necessary for most biological functions, from a woolly mammoth that inhabited Siberia about 39,000 years...
Nov 14, 2025
China's Shenzhou-20 crew to return Friday after space debris delays mission
BEIJING (Reuters) -Three Chinese astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed by space debris hitting their vessel last week will return to their landing site on Friday, the China Manned Space Agency ...
Nov 13, 2025
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket deploys Mars satellites in company's first NASA mission
By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -The Blue Origin space venture of billionaire Jeff Bezos launched its giant New Glenn rocket from Florida on Thursday on its debut f...
Nov 13, 2025
