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People with tails? No, because of this ancient genetic mutation
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Director James Cameron's "Avatar" movies are populated by a species of outsized blue beings resembling humans, except with tails. So why does our species lack a t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2024
Odysseus moon lander continues to generate power, Intuitive Machines says
(Reuters) - Intuitive Machines said on Wednesday its Odysseus moon lander continues to generate solar power, allowing flight controllers to gather data from the south pole region. Flight controllers a...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2024
North Korea's first spy satellite is 'alive', can manoeuvre, expert says
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's first spy satellite is "alive," a Netherlands-based space expert said on Tuesday, after detecting changes in its orbit that suggest Pyongyang is successfu...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2024
US spacecraft and Russian satellite to pass dangerously near each other, NASA says
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense is monitoring a close pass between NASA's Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Mission (TIMED) spacecraft and the Russian Cosmos 2221 s...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2024
Odysseus moon lander likely has 10 to 20 hours of battery life left, company says
By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972, has roughly 10 to 20 hours of battery life left, according to flight controllers who a...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
India announces four-member crew for 'Gaganyaan' space mission
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Tuesday introduced four crew members for its maiden 'Gaganyaan' space voyage, as it aims to become the world's fourth country to send a crewed mission into space just mo...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
Moon lander Odysseus mission expected to end Tuesday morning, 5 days after touchdown
(Reuters) - Communications with the private U.S. moon lander Odysseus are expected to cease Tuesday morning, effectively ending its science mission five days after touchdown, the company behind the sp...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2024
Astronomers observe scar on white dwarf 'cannibal' star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A slowly cooling stellar ember called a white dwarf with a scar on its face is providing new insight into the behavior of certain "cannibal" stars at the end of t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2024
China's latest Long March rocket to debut in year of record missions
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Long March 12, capable of sending bigger satellites with more functionalities into the Earth's orbit, is expected to make its debut flight in 2024, in a year of record laun...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2024
Japan's SLIM moon probe unexpectedly survives lunar night
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's space agency said on Monday its SLIM moon lander has unexpectedly survived a freezing lunar night and re-established communication with the earth, more than...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2024
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