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Inside the underground lab in China tasked with solving a physics mystery
By Ryan Woo KAIPING, China (Reuters) - A giant sphere 700 m (2,300 ft) underground with thousands of light-detecting tubes will be sealed in a 12-storey cylindrical pool of water in coming months for ...
Oct 15, 2024
NASA launches spacecraft to gauge if Jupiter's moon Europa can host life
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - NASA launched a spacecraft from Florida on Monday on a mission to examine whether Jupiter's moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large su...
Oct 14, 2024
Italy's Vega-C rocket to return to space on Dec. 3, Avio CEO says
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Vega-C rocket will return to space on Dec. 3, the chief executive of its manufacturer Avio told Reuters on Monday, almost two years after it failed its mission in December 20...
Oct 14, 2024
Fossil of new reptile species found in Brazil sheds light on rise of dinosaurs
By Sergio Queiroz and Diego Vara SAO JOAO DO POLESINE, Brazil (Reuters) - Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of one of the world's oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile dat...
Oct 14, 2024
Italy urges tighter European cooperation to compete in space
MILAN (Reuters) - Countries must cooperate more closely and the European Union needs to deliver faster decisions and clearer rules to make the bloc's space sector competitive and investor-friendly, th...
Oct 14, 2024
Moon race, private competition in focus as space powers gather in Milan
By Joey Roulette, Tim Hepher and Giulia Segreti MILAN (Reuters) - The world's space agencies are meeting in Milan this week as geopolitical rivalry fuels a new global race in Earth's orbit and on the ...
Oct 13, 2024
Analysis-India's space strategy: harness data and tiny satellites to capture market beyond SpaceX
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - India has a plan to carve out a beachhead in the battle for commercial space, officials say: crunching space data, building small satellites and launchi...
Oct 13, 2024
Private investments in space are essential, head of Italian space agency says
MILAN (Reuters) - Private investment in the space sector is essential for its growth and must not be demonised, but needs to be regulated, the chief of Italian Space Agency ASI said on Sunday ahead of...
Oct 13, 2024
NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter's moon Europa can harbor life
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, considered one of our solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth, to learn w...
Oct 13, 2024
SpaceX launches fifth Starship test, eyes novel booster 'catch'
(Reuters) - SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket on Sunday from Texas in a fifth test flight poised to feature the company's first attempt at bringing the rocket's towering first stage booster ba...
Oct 13, 2024
