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Science United Press International James Webb Space Telescope observes planetary building blocks in Butterfly Nebula
28 Aug 2025 14:26 GMT
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The James Webb Space Telescope has helped researchers learn new information about how the Earth may have been formed as it gives a deeper look into the Butterfly Nebula.
The telescope saw the creation of tiny planetary building blocks …
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Science United Press International NASA targets sounding rocket's night launch for TOMEX+ Earth study
26 Aug 2025 19:22 GMT
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- NASA has set Tuesday for its next launch attempt of its TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission to take a peak at the Earth's atmosphere.
U.S. citizens in the mid-Atlantic region may catch a weather-permitted glimpse Tuesday night of NASA's …
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Science United Press International NASA's TOMEX+ rockets to study turbulence in Earth's mesosphere
20 Aug 2025 22:28 GMT
Aug. 20 (UPI) -- NASA is planning to launch TOMEX+ rocket mission to study the turbulence where Earth's atmosphere ends and outer space begins sometime over the next two weeks.
The earliest the agency expects to launch the three sounding rockets is …
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Science United Press International NASA’s Webb telescope discovers a new Uranus moon
19 Aug 2025 22:08 GMT
NASA scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of a 29th moon orbiting Uranus while using infrared detection in the James Webb Telescope in February. File Photo courtesy of NASAAug. 19 (UPI) -- NASA scientists at the Southwest Research Institute …
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World United Press International Long dormant Russian volcano erupts, spews ash 4 miles high
03 Aug 2025 19:44 GMT
Aug. 3 (UPI) -- An eastern Russian volcano has erupted for the first time in more than 500 years, which may have been related to an 8.8 magnitude earthquake last week, experts said.
The Krasheninnikov Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula emitted a plume of …
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Science United Press International SpaceX Dragon delivers Crew-11 to International Space Station
02 Aug 2025 15:59 GMT
Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The four Crew-11 crew members joined seven other astronauts in the International Space Station early Saturday morning following a 15-hour journey from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan …
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Science United Press International SpaceX Crew-11 launch to ISS scrubbed due to weather
31 Jul 2025 14:41 GMT
July 31 (UPI) -- SpaceX's Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station was scrubbed just before launch on Thursday.
The flight, scheduled to take off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was scrubbed due to an unfavorable weather forecast for …
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Science United Press International Satellite developed by NASA, India to map Earth down to centimeter
29 Jul 2025 01:08 GMT
July 28 (UPI) -- NASA and India plan to deploy a satellite that will map the Earth down to a centimeter after a launch on Wednesday from the Asian nation's southeastern coast.
The rocket launch by the Indian Space Research Organization is scheduled …
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Science United Press International NASA crew readies for ISS mission launch on Thursday
26 Jul 2025 21:26 GMT
July 26 (UPI) -- An international crew of four is readying for Thursday's planned launch of a NASA mission to the International Space Station after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japanese …
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Science United Press International ISS update: Crew-11 enters quarantine three weeks before launch
19 Jul 2025 01:14 GMT
July 18 (UPI) -- The four members of NASA's Crew-11 space mission entered quarantine in the Houston area ahead of their planned launch on July 13 from central Florida to the International Space Station.
NASA's Crew 11 is the 11th operational …