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…
Explainer – How Boeing’s Starliner can bring its astronauts back to Earth
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Problems with Boeing’s Starliner capsule, still docked at the International Space Station (ISS), have upended the original plans for its return of its two…
Virgin Galactic spaceplane takes tourists on flight
By Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) – Virgin Galactic flew four tourists to the edge of space and back aboard its spaceplane, marking the second flight this year, the Richard Branson-founded company…
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, dead in plane crash
By Peter Cooney and Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed “Earthrise” photo during…
Who are the first astronauts to fly aboard Boeing’s Starliner?
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Two veteran NASA astronauts with 500 days of previous spaceflight experience between them are the first crew of Boeing’s pxpCST-100 Starliner space capsule, launched to…
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft sends first astronaut crew to orbit
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Boeing’s new Starliner capsule flew its first crew of astronauts to orbit on Wednesday from Florida in a much-delayed test mission to…
Chile to install world’s largest astronomy camera on the edge of Atacama desert
By Reuters TV and Natalia Ramos SANTIAGO (Reuters) – With a resolution above 3.2 gigapixels, a nearly three-ton weight and the ambitious task of carrying out an unprecedented decade-long exploration,…