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Asteroid impact on moon blasted two grand canyons in 10 seconds
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power of the Colorado River. Close to the ...
Feb 04, 2025
Argentina breeds gene-edited polo super ponies
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's award-winning mare Polo Pureza will have her genes, or at least most of them, live on in five genetically edited horses design...
Feb 04, 2025
Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of ...
Jan 29, 2025
Trump, Musk suggest sped-up return of NASA astronauts, but details scarce
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday night he had asked Elon Musk's SpaceX to return two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station, who were already s...
Jan 29, 2025
India sends navigation satellite into orbit on ISRO rocket in landmark launch
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - India successfully launched into orbit on Wednesday a new navigation satellite aboard a home-grown rocket, strengthening its independent satellite posit...
Jan 28, 2025
Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
(Reuters) - About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a te...
Jan 28, 2025
Scientists use genetic engineering to create mice with two male parents
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Scientists in China have manipulated embryonic stem cells to create laboratory mice with two male parents that managed to live to adulthood - though with significant develop...
Jan 28, 2025
Work progresses on giant telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert
By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the construction of the Extr...
Jan 28, 2025
Fossil reveals Cretaceous drama of a croc attack on a flying reptile
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - About 76 million years ago, a juvenile of one of the largest flying creatures in Earth's history, called Cryodrakon boreas, walked along a riverbank on a lush coastal plain ...
Jan 24, 2025
Where did dinosaurs first evolve? Scientists have an answer
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus, meat-eating brutes like Tyrannosaur...
Jan 23, 2025
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