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New study reveals effects of space travel on human bones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space...
July 27, 2022
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JAXA launches observation rocket for hypersonic engine test
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an obser...
July 24, 2022
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Webb space telescope opens door to discoveries still yet to be imagined
GREENBELT, Md. (Reuters) — The powerful James Webb Space Telescope’s inaugural batch of images has o...
July 20, 2022
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Mattel unveils Jane Goodall Barbie, complete with chimp
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — American toy manufacturer Mattel has unveiled new specialty Barbie dolls mod...
July 20, 2022
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Researchers to develop lunar, martian habitats
Kyoto University’s Human Spaceology Center and Tokyo-based construction firm Kajima Corp. launched a...
July 14, 2022
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Fossils show panda ‘thumbs’ to be millions of years old
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Fossils unearthed in China are helping scientists get a better grasp on one o...
July 13, 2022
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In Tarantula Nebula, a stunning view of stars being born
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers have peered into a teeming stellar nursery in the Tarantula Nebul...
July 13, 2022
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Kew discovers new giant waterlily species
KEW GARDENS (AFP-Jiji) — Experts at London’s Kew Gardens on July 4 revealed they have discovered the...
July 13, 2022
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China rejects NASA accusation it will take over the moon
BEIJING (Reuters) — China on July 4 rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of N...
July 13, 2022
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Far out: NASA space telescope’s 1st cosmic view goes deep
Our view of the universe just expanded: The first image from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled Mon...
July 12, 2022
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Miners find rare mummified baby woolly mammoth
OTTAWA (AFP-Jiji) — Miners in the Klondike gold fields of Canada’s far north have made a rare discov...
July 6, 2022
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Meet ‘zombie star’ that survived supernova, emerged brighter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers have observed in a relatively nearby galaxy a star that not only ...
July 6, 2022
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Beachgoers become guardians of fossils
SANTIAGO (Reuters) — While strolling along Los Tubos beach on the central Chilean coast, a group of ...
July 6, 2022
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Researchers unveil 340-year-old shipwreck
LONDON (Reuters) — A royal warship that sank off the east coast of Britain more than 300 years ago w...
July 6, 2022
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Bulldogs bear twice the health risk
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — English bulldogs are twice as likely to be afflicted with common health problems ...
July 6, 2022
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