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Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in US since turn of century
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The population of butterflies - the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems - has fallen in the United States by more...
Mar 06, 2025
Europe's Ariane 6 stages first commercial launch
By Tim Hepher (Reuters) -Europe's newest uncrewed heavy launcher blasted off on a delayed mission to carry a French military observation satellite towards orbit on Thursday in its first commercially o...
Mar 06, 2025
Intuitive Machines' Athena lander closing in on lunar touchdown site
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Intuitive Machines sent final commands to its uncrewed Athena spacecraft on Thursday as it closed in on a landing spot near the moon's south pole, the company's...
Mar 06, 2025
Tools made from elephant and hippo bones show ingenuity of human ancestors
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a tec...
Mar 05, 2025
L&T bets on space exploration as India expands private rocket and satellite industry
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Indian industrial conglomerate Larsen & Toubro said it is betting on aerospace as a potential growth engine, including launch vehicle and satellite ...
Mar 05, 2025
China says it will increase support for AI, science and tech innovation
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday it would boost support for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) models and the development of venture capital investment, in a bid to fo...
Mar 04, 2025
Musk's SpaceX to invest $1.8 billion in Florida for Starship program expansion
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX is planning to invest at least $1.8 billion to build new Starship launchpads and processing facilities on Florida's Space Coast, eyeing a key expansion f...
Mar 04, 2025
SpaceX scrubs Starship test flight over unspecified ship issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX on Monday called off its eighth Starship test flight from Texas over an unspecified issue on the rocket system's core ship, delaying for at least 24 hours the company's at...
Mar 03, 2025
Japan's ispace eyes second moon landing attempt on June 6
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese moon exploration company ispace said its Resilience lander will attempt a lunar touchdown at 4:24 a.m. on June 6 local time (1924 GMT on June 5) at the earliest, in its seco...
Mar 03, 2025
Europe's Ariane 6 space launch postponed
(Reuters) - The first commercially operational launch of Europe's Ariane 6 heavy rocket was postponed for a second time on Monday, operator Arianespace said on its YouTube channel. The launch, designe...
Mar 03, 2025
