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Japan's Space One says Kairos rocket flight terminated after liftoff
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said it terminated the flight of its Kairos small rocket after launch on Wednesday, aborting its second bid to become the country's first company to deliver a satel...
Thomson Reuters Dec 17, 2024
Exclusive-Power failed at SpaceX mission control before September spacewalk by NASA nominee
By Marisa Taylor and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - A September power outage at a California facility of SpaceX, the space venture of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, caused a loss of ground ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 17, 2024
Japan, India startups to study laser-equipped satellite to tackle space debris
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Space startups in Japan and India said on Tuesday they had agreed to jointly study using laser-equipped satellites to remove debris from orbit, an experimental appr...
Thomson Reuters Dec 17, 2024
To rival SpaceX’s Starship, ULA eyes Vulcan rocket upgrade
By Joey Roulette ORLANDO (Reuters) - Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint rocket venture, United Launch Alliance (ULA), plans to upgrade a version of its Vulcan rocket to challenge SpaceX's Starship in ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 14, 2024
Security concerns spur New Zealand to regulate who can monitor satellites
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said on Friday it will pass legislation next year to prevent entities that "do not share the country's values" from using it as a base...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2024
Genomes reveal timing of Homo sapiens interbreeding with Neanderthals
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of mos...
Thomson Reuters Dec 12, 2024
Three dinosaur fossils from Jurassic period headed for London auction
LONDON (Reuters) - Three dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period will go under the hammer at a London auction on Thursday, with price estimates of millions of dollars. Christie's is offering the ske...
Thomson Reuters Dec 11, 2024
Firefly Sparkle galaxy offers a taste of the infant Milky Way
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young galaxy dating to the early universe - called Firefly Sparkle because its gleaming star clusters resemble the...
Thomson Reuters Dec 11, 2024
Webb telescope confirms the universe is expanding at an unexpected rate
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh corroboration of the perplexing observation that the universe is expanding more rapidly than expected has scientists pondering the cause - perhaps some unkn...
Thomson Reuters Dec 09, 2024
Europe's Maiaspace steps up effort to counter SpaceX with reusable rocket
By Tim Hepher VERNON, France (Reuters) - In a discreet forest clearing on a plateau above the town of Vernon in Normandy, France, workers adjust a steel cylinder held under giant red claws - part of a...
Thomson Reuters Dec 09, 2024
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