Genome study finds roots of Komodo dragon’s tenaciousness
Scientists have mapped the genome of the Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard, discovering intriguing secrets behind the impressive speed and endurance these cold-blooded predators...
Israel’s Spacecom looks to rebound from rough patch with Africa satellite
Israel’s Space Communication Ltd plans a satellite launch next weekend which it hopes will mark a rebound from a couple of major setbacks in recent...
Star orbiting massive black hole lends support to Einstein’s theory
Observations of light coming from a star zipping in orbit around the humongous black hole at the center of our galaxy have provided fresh evidence...
Giant dinosaur bone found in southwestern France
The thigh bone of a giant dinosaur was found this week by French paleontologists at an excavation site in southwestern France where remains of some...
Pakistan aims to send first astronaut into space by 2022
Pakistan said on Thursday it aims to send its first astronaut into space by 2022 and will begin selecting candidates next year....
Chinese rocket startup puts satellites into orbit for first time
A rocket developed by iSpace put satellites into orbit after a launch from a state facility in northwestern China on Thursday, marking the first successful...
Milky Way melded with smaller galaxy in long-ago cosmic crash
The Milky Way, home to our sun and billions of other stars, merged with another smaller galaxy in a colossal cosmic collision roughly 10 billion...
India to buy Russian rocket engines for its space program: RIA
India plans to buy rocket engines from Russia for its national space program, RIA news agency cited Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov as saying...
India’s moon mission lifts off, hopes to probe lunar south pole
India launched a rocket into space on Monday to perform a soft landing of a rover on the moon, the country’s most ambitious mission yet...
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin complains about current U.S. lunar ability
When President Donald Trump asked Buzz Aldrin, the second human ever to walk on the moon, what he thought about the United States’ current ability...