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Feb 19 (Reuters) - At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for it...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: rod...

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Satellite startup Sateliot and space engineering firm PLD Space have signed a deal to launch two 5G satellites in what will be the first such private mission carried out solely by S...

BRUSSELS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - British company SatVu, which uses satellites to provide high-resolution thermal imagery from space, has raised 30 million pounds ($40.8 million) in new funding, including ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its g...

BEIJING, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Chinese officials on Thursday handed over a satellite ground station to Namibia outside the southern African nation's capital Windhoek, Chinese state media reported, markin...

By Will Dunham Feb 13 (Reuters) - An elephant's trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal's life, from interacting with its environment and with other elephants to eating and drinking. And the...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The space race between U.S. billionaires is heating up, with Elon Musk's SpaceX planning to build a lunar base and Jeff Bezos pushing Blue Origin's ambi...

By Steve Nesius and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida early on Friday with a crew of two U.S. NASA astronauts, a French astronaut ...

By Gianluca Lo Nostro PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Eutelsat on Friday reported better-than-expected revenue, bolstered by efforts from France to advance plans for a European competitor to Elon Musk's Sta...