Meteorite impacts identified as driver of moon’s tenuous atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Reuters) – The NASA astronauts who became the first people to land on the moon’s surface in the 1960s and 1970s also discovered a previously unknown…
ISS station will drop into the Pacific by 2031
The International Space Station (ISS) will finish its work by 2030, and then it will be deorbited and dropped into the Pacific Ocean by the following year. NASA made the…
SpaceX in talks to land and recover Starship rocket off Australia’s coast
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX is in talks with U.S. and Australian officials to land and recover one of its Starship rockets off Australia’s coast, a possible first…
Explainer video: how space telescopes work
Have you ever gazed at the night sky and wondered about the vastness beyond those twinkling stars? Space telescopes are our powerful tools that help unravel the mysteries of the…
Analysis – Taiwanese rocket startup may be early test of Japan’s space hub plans
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – A Taiwanese startup aims to become the first foreign firm to launch a rocket from Japan by early next year, part of a plan…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink satellites
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX‘s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed…
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket set for maiden flight after data glitch
By Tim Hepher and Joey Roulette PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket was set to blast off for the first time on Tuesday, ending a year-long hiatus in the…
Rotten eggs chemical detected on Jupiter-like alien planet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a…
Ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to save their lives
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Limb amputations are performed by surgeons when a traumatic injury such as a wound from war or a vehicle accident causes major tissue destruction…
Reaching Mars in record time: Japan plans space elevator by 2050
Imagine a world where travelling to space is as simple as taking an elevator. This isn’t science fiction—it’s the vision behind Japan’s ambitious plan to build a space elevator. With…