Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
Astrophysicists figure out what caused a super-bright supernova
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - A supernova - the explosion marking the end of a massive star's life - is one of the brightest cosmic events, usually about a billion times more luminous than the sun....
Mar 11, 2026
Spanish researchers develop low-cost artificial cornea from fish scales
MADRID, March 10 (Reuters) - Researchers at Spain's University of Granada have developed an artificial cornea made from the scales of several fish species commonly found in markets, which could become...
Mar 10, 2026
With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt'
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made ...
Mar 05, 2026
Sierra Space valued at $8 billion as investors double down on defense, space tech
March 5 (Reuters) - Sierra Space said on Thursday it has raised $550 million in a Series C funding round that values it at $8 billion, as investor appetite for national security assets grows amid geop...
Mar 05, 2026
Space One's third rocket failure leaves Japan without commercial launch capability
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said its Kairos small rocket self-destructed 69 seconds after lift-off on Thursday, failing to achieve the country's first entirely comme...
Mar 04, 2026
NASA to tap ULA for critical moon-rocket hardware, Bloomberg News reports
March 4 (Reuters) - NASA plans to select United Launch Alliance to supply a critical component for future missions of its moon rocket, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with...
Mar 04, 2026
Italy basilica bust re-attributed to Michelangelo after centuries in obscurity
(Clarifies timeframe in third bullet point) By Giselda Vagnoni ROME, March 4 (Reuters) - A marble bust that has stood for centuries in one of Rome's basilicas has been re-attributed to Michelangelo af...
Mar 04, 2026
Belgian museum, US mining company at odds over colonial-era Congo archive
DAKAR, March 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium's AfricaMuseum over who should digitise antique maps of what is now the De...
Mar 04, 2026
Spain's PLD Space raises $209 million in latest funding round
MADRID, March 4 (Reuters) - Aerospace engineering firm PLD Space said on Wednesday it had closed a 180 million euro ($209 million) equity funding round, which included Mitsubishi Electric, as it seeks...
Mar 04, 2026
Russia says damaged launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome has been repaired
MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - Russia's space agency said on Tuesday that repair work had been completed at a damaged section of a launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that is critical to ...
Mar 03, 2026
