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How long is the solar system’s longest day? Venus has the answer
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Data obtained by bouncing radio waves off Venus - treating it, as one scientist said, like a giant disco ball - is providing new insight into Earth's closest plan...
May 03, 2021
Italy unveils new hi-tech floor design for Colosseum area
ROME (Reuters) - The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor thanks to a new, hi-tech project announced by the culture ministry on Sunday. "It is an extraordinary project," said Cu...
May 02, 2021
Four astronauts return from space station aboard SpaceX capsule
(Reuters) - Four astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station early on Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash-down in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA said. ...
May 02, 2021
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity shifts into new operational test phase
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After exceeding all expectations with its initial four test flights, the first ever by an aircraft over the surface of another planet, NASA's tiny Mars robot he...
Apr 30, 2021
NASA tells SpaceX to halt lunar lander work pending challenges by rivals
SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. space agency NASA has told Elon Musk's SpaceX to halt work under a contract to develop a lunar lander, pending the outcome of challenges by rival bidders at the U.S. Governmen...
Apr 30, 2021
Vaccine protects COVID-19 survivors against variants; virus’ spike protein damages blood vessels
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Apr 30, 2021
Polish scientists discover ancient Egyptian mummy was pregnant woman
WARSAW (Reuters) - An ancient Egyptian mummy once believed to be the remains of a male priest is actually the embalmed body of a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy, Polish scientists said on Fr...
Apr 30, 2021
Deep-sea mining tests resume after robot rescued from Pacific Ocean floor
(Reuters) - Belgium's Global Sea Mineral Resources has resumed tests that could lead to the mining of battery minerals from the Pacific Ocean floor after it managed to recover a robot stranded at a de...
Apr 30, 2021
Colombia warns of nine new strains of dangerous coffee fungus
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's coffee federation has discovered nine new, more aggressive variants of the fungus that causes coffee rust, it said on Thursday, urging producers to plant more resistant c...
Apr 29, 2021
U.S. FAA authorizes next three SpaceX launches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday it has authorized the next three launches of the SpaceX Starship prototype after the company made a few changes to the...
Apr 29, 2021
