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Taiwanese rocket fails to achieve Japan's first foreign launch
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Taiwanese private rocket company TiSpace terminated the flight of one of its rockets shortly after lift-off in northern Japan on Saturday, failing to become the firs...
Jul 12, 2025
Varda Space raises $187 million to accelerate development of drugs in space
(Reuters) -Varda Space Industries said on Thursday it has raised $187 million in a funding round led by venture capital firms Natural Capital and Shrug Capital, to boost the technology for robotic dru...
Jul 10, 2025
US Transport Secretary Duffy to be interim NASA administrator, Trump says
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was directing Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to be the interim administrator of NASA. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editi...
Jul 09, 2025
More than 2,000 senior employees expected to depart from NASA, Politico reports
(Reuters) -Around 2,145 senior-ranking employees at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration are set to leave under a push to shed staff, Politico reported on Wednesday citing documents o...
Jul 09, 2025
Experimental surgical robot performs gallbladder procedure autonomously
By Kamal Choudhury (Reuters) -An experimental AI-guided robot can autonomously perform a delicate, complicated phase of a common gallbladder operation, marking a major step toward automated medical pr...
Jul 09, 2025
Warming climate, volcanos raise risk of ice falls on Chile's glaciers
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's glaciers are facing a higher risk of collapse and landslides due to rising temperatures and the country's seismic and volcanic activity, according to an academic study. The...
Jul 09, 2025
Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so...
Jul 09, 2025
Airbus wins contract for advanced Spanish military radar satellites
(Reuters) -Airbus' Defence and Space unit has been selected by Spanish satellite operator Hisdesat to build two advanced PAZ-2 radar satellites for Spain's defence ministry, the company said on Wednes...
Jul 09, 2025
Alien planet lashed by huge flares from its 'angry beast' star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a predicament never previously observed. Th...
Jul 07, 2025
Newly spotted comet is third interstellar object seen in our solar system
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the third time such an interstellar object has been observed visiting our solar sys...
Jul 03, 2025
