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Extreme temperatures in Sahel impossible without man-made warming, study finds

World News // 19 hours ago

Extreme temperatures in Sahel impossible without man-made warming, study finds

April 18 (UPI) -- A extreme once-in-a-century heatwave in Africa's Sahel and western regions that saw temperatures soar to a high as 48.5 degrees Celsius at the end of March and early April was caused by human-induced climate change.

NASA welcomes Switzerland, Sweden as countries sign Artemis Accords

U.S. News // 1 day ago

NASA welcomes Switzerland, Sweden as countries sign Artemis Accords

SpaceX launches Falcon 9, carrying 23 Starlink satellites from Florida

Science News // 1 day ago

SpaceX launches Falcon 9, carrying 23 Starlink satellites from Florida

Lyrid meteor shower to peak this weekend

U.S. News // 1 day ago

Lyrid meteor shower to peak this weekend

Satellites can help find and stop methane leaks

Science News // 2 days ago

Satellites can help find and stop methane leaks

April 16 (UPI) -- Riley Duren, a research scientist at the University of Arizona, explained how new satellites are changing companies' and governments' ability to find and stop methane leaks and avoid wasting a valuable product.

Boeing Starliner rolls to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of May launch

Science News // 2 days ago

Boeing Starliner rolls to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of May launch

April 16 (UPI) -- Boeing's Starliner spacecraft took a road trip Tuesday before its May 6 liftoff, moving from the Kennedy Space Center to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

NASA chooses 4 crew members for next Mars mission simulation

Science News // 3 days ago

NASA chooses 4 crew members for next Mars mission simulation

April 15 (UPI) -- NASA on Monday revealed its choices for the next four-person crew to participate in a simulated mission to Mars performed within a habitat at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NOAA says fourth global coral bleaching event underway

Science News // 3 days ago

NOAA says fourth global coral bleaching event underway

April 15 (UPI) -- The world's oceans are now undergoing the fourth global coral bleaching event on record and the second in the last 10 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday.

'Brightest of All Time' gamma-ray burst caused by exploding star, say scientists

Science News // 6 days ago

'Brightest of All Time' gamma-ray burst caused by exploding star, say scientists

April 12 (UPI) -- Northwestern University scientists said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed in October 2022 was an exploding star, known as a supernova, 2.4 billion light years away.

NASA's planet-hunter TESS temporarily shuts off

Science News // 1 week ago

NASA's planet-hunter TESS temporarily shuts off

April 11 (UPI) -- NASA's eye in the sky has unexpectedly shut off, temporarily interrupting its survey of space.

SpaceX launches military weather satellite into orbit

Science News // 1 week ago

SpaceX launches military weather satellite into orbit

April 11 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched its second national security mission of 2024 on Thursday with a Falcon 9 rocket lifting the U.S. Space Force missionUSSF-62 into orbit.

From Florida, ULA Delta IV Heavy lifts off for final time

Science News // 1 week ago

From Florida, ULA Delta IV Heavy lifts off for final time

April 9 (UPI) -- The United Launch Alliance is expected to oversee the final deployment of the Delta IV Heavy as it lifts a National Reconnaissance Office satellite into space on a national security mission.

Total solar eclipse completes trek across Mexico, United States, eastern Canada

Science News // 1 week ago

Total solar eclipse completes trek across Mexico, United States, eastern Canada

April 8 (UPI) -- A rare total solar eclipse, the first in seven years and the last in two decades over the continental United States, completed its trek Monday across parts of Mexico, 15 states and eastern Canada.

Trillions of cicadas to swarm U.S.; first double-brood emergence in 200 years

Science News // 1 week ago

Trillions of cicadas to swarm U.S.; first double-brood emergence in 200 years

April 6 (UPI) -- A rare double-emergence of cicada broods is about to swarm the eastern United States in the coming weeks, scientists say.

Multinational team safely returns to Earth from the International Space Station

Science News // 1 week ago

Multinational team safely returns to Earth from the International Space Station

April 6 (UPI) -- NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Belarus's Marina Vasilevskay and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky successfully returned to Earth Saturday after spending time on the International Space Station.

NASA to send unmanned drone 2 miles high to study radiation during eclipse

Science News // 1 week ago

NASA to send unmanned drone 2 miles high to study radiation during eclipse

April 5 (UPI) -- NASA researchers are planning to study changes in the Sun's radiation during the solar eclipse via an unmanned aircraft on Monday.

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites ahead of two weekend launches

Science News // 1 week ago

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites ahead of two weekend launches

April 5 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a payload of 23 Starlink satellites Friday atop a Falcon 9 booster from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Complex.

NASA to launch rockets from Virginia to study upper atmosphere during eclipse

Science News // 2 weeks ago

NASA to launch rockets from Virginia to study upper atmosphere during eclipse

April 4 (UPI) -- NASA said Thursday it will launch three Black Brant IX sounding rockets during a launch window that opens April 8 at 2:40 p.m. They're for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path mission.

NASA to fly aircraft along eclipse route to study the sun and Earth's atmosphere

Science News // 2 weeks ago

NASA to fly aircraft along eclipse route to study the sun and Earth's atmosphere

April 4 (UPI) -- NASA will deploy aircraft to follow the route of the April 8 total solar eclipse to collect data on the sun and the Earth's atmosphere.

World's largest digital camera to research elusive dark matter, dark energy

Science News // 2 weeks ago

World's largest digital camera to research elusive dark matter, dark energy

April 3 (UPI) -- The 3,200-megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera will reveal what so far has remained unseen and only exists in scientific theory -- dark matter and dark energy.

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