Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
SES cuts capital spending target ahead of 2026 satellite launches (March 2)
(In a story first published on March 2, corrects paragraph 1 to say the number of satellite launches this year is three, not up to 13.) By Leo Marchandon March 2 (Reuters) - European satellite operato...
Mar 02, 2026
Vodafone teams up with Amazon's satellites to connect masts in Europe and Africa
LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - Mobile company Vodafone said on Monday it had signed a deal with Amazon Leo, the U.S. company's low Earth orbit satellite network, to connect 4G and 5G mobile masts in remo...
Mar 02, 2026
Dramatic changes observed in one of universe's biggest stars
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The largest stars in the universe live the life of a rock star - they are born brilliant, live fast and die young. If that is the case, the one named WOH ...
Feb 28, 2026
NASA shakes up moon program with new test mission before astronaut lunar landing
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - NASA is adding a spacecraft docking test to its Artemis moon program before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half a century, overhauling...
Feb 27, 2026
Vast web of cold gas observed at the heart of the Milky Way
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Astronomers have produced the largest and most detailed map ever made of the vast web of cold cosmic gas stretching across the heart of our galaxy, showin...
Feb 27, 2026
In prehistoric interbreeding, it was Neanderthal men and Homo sapiens women
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations already inhabiting the vast expanses of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. As the...
Feb 26, 2026
Congress to weigh extending space station life, NASA moon base
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee next week will consider extending the planned life of the International Space Station by two years to give companies more time t...
Feb 25, 2026
'Exquisite' fossil of one of the smallest dinosaurs found in Argentina
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - In Argentina's Patagonia region 95 million years ago, some huge dinosaurs roamed the landscape including fearsome meat-eater Giganotosaurus, at about eight tons, and imm...
Feb 25, 2026
40,000-year-old German artifacts may display written language precursor
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some of the earliest people to es...
Feb 24, 2026
Congo lakes are releasing ancient carbon, raising climate concerns, study says
By Clement Bonnerot DAKAR, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Two large lakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo are releasing carbon that has been locked away for thousands of years in surrounding peatlands, scient...
Feb 24, 2026
