Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
Meteor fireball triggered loud boom across New England, NASA confirms
May 31 (Reuters) - A bright fireball streaked across parts of New England in the U.S. on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by a loud boom, after a meteor broke apart high in the atmosphere, NASA said ci...
May 31, 2026
Blue Origin faces months of delays after rocket explosion damages launch pad
(This May 30 story has been repeated with no changes to the text.) By Akash Sriram NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - Blue Origin faces a months-long setback after the explosion of a rocket damaged its laun...
May 30, 2026
SpaceX wins $4.16 billion US Space Force contract for threat-detection satellites
May 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Space Force said on Friday it has awarded Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX a $4.16 billion deal for a satellite program designed to track and target airborne threats. The Space...
May 29, 2026
China's Shenzhou-21 astronaut crew returns to Earth
BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) - China's Shenzhou-21 crew of three astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after nearly seven months in space and were in good health, state media reported. The mission launc...
May 29, 2026
Inca child mummy returned to indigenous community in Argentina
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous commun...
May 29, 2026
Here's how Tyrannosaurus ended up with a big head and small arms
By Will Dunham May 29 (Reuters) - Tyrannosaurus rex possessed a preposterously massive skull - 5 feet long (1.5 meters) and built to enable bone-crunching bite force - but presented preposterously pun...
May 29, 2026
Blue Origin rocket explodes on launchpad in a setback for bid to catch Musk's SpaceX
By Gnaneshwar Rajan and Joe Brock May 28 (Reuters) - An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos' space ventur...
May 28, 2026
Motor racing-New buzz in F1: ancient wasp species named after Piastri
LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - A newly discovered species of wasp dating from the time of the dinosaurs and found preserved in Burmese amber has been named after McLaren Formula One driver Oscar Piastri. ...
May 28, 2026
Fearsome dinosaur-era marine reptile was the T. rex of the sea
By Will Dunham May 28 (Reuters) - Tyrannosaurus rex was a huge land predator during the twilight of the age of dinosaurs. But it was not the only T. rex that terrorized the Cretaceous Period. There al...
May 28, 2026
Ancient bird's long tail feathers were perfect for a mating dance
By Will Dunham May 27 (Reuters) - New Guinea's tropical rainforests are home to one of the animal kingdom's most spectacular courtship rituals, with male birds of paradise prancing about and showing o...
May 27, 2026
