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Europe's Ariane 64 heavy launcher puts Amazon satellites in orbit
PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Europe launched the first of a larger new version of its Ariane 6 rocket on Thursday, propelling 32 satellites for Amazon to low Earth orbit. Lift-off took place at 1:45 p.m....
Feb 12, 2026
Astronomers observe a star that quietly transformed into a black hole
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The formation of a black hole can be quite a violent event, with a massive dying star blowing up and some of its remnants collapsing to form an exceptionally dense objec...
Feb 12, 2026
Rocket maker Orbex to enter administration, FT reports
Feb 11 (Reuters) - Rocket maker Orbex will enter administration after takeover talks with European space start-up The Exploration Company failed, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Reuters cou...
Feb 11, 2026
Eutelsat secures 1 billion euros financing for Oneweb Satellite Procurement
Feb 11 (Reuters) - Eutelsat has secured about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in export credit financing to fund the procurement of low Earth orbit satellites for its OneWeb constellation, it said on W...
Feb 11, 2026
Canadian fossil reveals one of the first plant-eating animals
By Will Dunham Feb 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eati...
Feb 10, 2026
Radar data reveals cavernous underground lava tube on Venus
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s indicates the presence of a large underground cavity create...
Feb 09, 2026
SpaceX prioritizes lunar 'self-growing city' over Mars project, Musk says
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "selfgrowing city" on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years. SpaceX still intends to start ...
Feb 08, 2026
China launches reusable spacecraft for fourth time since 2020
BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China successfully launched into orbit a reusable experimental spacecraft aboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's nor...
Feb 07, 2026
SpaceX delays Mars plans to focus on 2027 moon landing, WSJ reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX told investors it will prioritize going to the moon first and attempt a trip to Mars at a later time, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources. T...
Feb 06, 2026
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic j...
Feb 06, 2026
