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Laika's 1957 orbit ended in tragedy but proved a living being could reach space and shaped later research.
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Fingertips of Suriname toads are hypersensitive motion detectors, new study reveals
SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 advanced Starlink satellites, but an engine malfunction prompted an early return to Earth.
Two US astronauts were supposed to stay on board the ISS for around one week in 2024 - due to a malfunction of the "Starliner" spacecraft, it ended up being nine months.
A study based on publication data traces how researchers moved within Ukraine and across borders between 2009 and 2022, with conflict-affected regions losing scholars while others became increasingly important destinations.
BANGKOK — Over the course of 2025, the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost a combined 746,168 hectares (1.8 million acres) of tree cover, an area roughly equivalent to the size of the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, according to Mongabay’s analysis*.
China plans to complete a geological map of Mars by the end of 2028, as the red planet increasingly features in its space rivalry with the United States. Hou Zengqian, chief scientist of China’s next Mars mission known as Tianwen-3, on Monday said the map would cover the entire surface of the planet and it aimed to be the global standard…
