Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - In the far reaches of our solar system - beyond the outermost planet Neptune - resides a host of icy and desolate celestial bodies. Among these objects, on...

TAIPEI, May 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn said on Sunday its second-generation low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites were launched via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California, marking the electronics man...

(Corrected location of launch from Kennedy Space Station to Vandenberg Space Force Base) SEOUL, May 3 (Reuters) - South Korea launched its next-generation mid-sized Earth observation satellite No. 2 a...

By Marta Serafinko May 1 (Reuters) - Deep beneath the ocean surface, sperm whales swim through the dark waters, clicking to each other in bursts of sound that can travel for kilometres. Now, scientist...

By Joey Roulette and Echo Wang WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - SpaceX has spent more than $15 billion developing its next-generation Starship rocket, according to the company's IPO registration reviewed...

MOSCOW, May 1 (Reuters) - Russia has test launched its new Soyuz-5 rocket for the first time, the country's space agency said late on Thursday, saying it had lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The bluebuck, an antelope with a silvery slate-blue coat and striking horns, inhabited the coastal grasslands of South Africa's southwestern Cape region...

By Will Dunham April 29 (Reuters) - The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD was a pivotal moment in human history, when Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed teenage emperor Romulus Augustulus in ...

By David Jeans and Echo Wang NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - In the days after the PayPal IPO in 2002, Elon Musk and company executives gathered at a Las Vegas casino to celebrate. But while others soc...

By Marta Serafinko April 28 (Reuters) - For people living in communities in the shadow of a volcano, a long silence may give the impression that the geological beast is not merely sleeping but has gon...