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May 31 (UPI) -- The long-awaited NASA hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena Wednesday in Washington lacked any revelations, disappointing many viewers on YouTube and frustrating devotees of exploring the unknown.

May 31 (UPI) -- Fossilized bones from pterosaurs, flying creatures that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, discovered three decades ago are the oldest ever discovered in Australia, according to a new research paper.

May 31 (UPI) -- For the first time, scientists have taken the first X-ray signal of a single atom, with such detection having the potential to revolutionize areas of science like quantum information, nanotechnology, and environment.

Researchers have identified the oldest cases of plague in Britain to date, with DNA that is 4,000 years old.

May 30 (UPI) -- The SpaceX Dragon crewed spacecraft returned to Earth late Tuesday night, successfully splashing down off the coast of Florida following 10 days in space.

May 30 (UPI) -- Spain on Tuesday became the 25th nation to sign NASA's Artemis Accords, a set of principles that guide space exploration among nations that join the U.S. agency's ambitious plan to return man to the moon.

May 30 (UPI) -- China on Tuesday successfully launched a manned mission into space with a final destination of its newly completed orbital space station, China's space agency said.

May 27 (UPI) -- SpaceX confirmed Saturday it successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket and later deployed Saudi Arabia's Arabsat Badr 8 communications satellite into orbit.

May 26 (UPI) -- Rocket Lab successfully launched a second batch of NASA weather-tracking satellites into space from New Zealand late Thursday after the mission had suffered repeated weather delays earlier in the week.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. May 25 (UPI) Fifty years ago, on May 25, 1973, three NASA astronauts were launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to spend a month aboard Skylab, America's first space station. Their first order of business was rescue it.

May 24 (UPI) -- SpaceX on Wednesday postponed the launch of a powerful communication relay satellite for the 21-member Arab League, seemingly due to weather.

May 24 (UPI) -- Weather has again delayed a Rocket Lab launch of two NASA weather-tracking satellites from New Zealand, officials said.

May 24 (UPI) -- A SpaceX launch of a powerful communication relay satellite from Florida was called off early Wednesday due to weather.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 23 (UPI) -- A powerful communication relay satellite for the 21-member Arab League is scheduled for launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. weather permitting.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. May 22 (UPI) -- Warmly greeted by the seven astronauts living aboard the International Space Station, a four-member crew joined the celebration in a live TV broadcast shortly after their Freedom capsule arrived at the orbiting laborator

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and the nights leading up to the holiday weekend will offer stargazers the opportunity to witness several celestial sights.