ORLANDO, Fla., July 29 (UPI) -- NASA's effort to commercialize space and Boeing's long-standing leadership role in aerospace are due for a major test Friday with the second orbital launch attempt for the company's Starliner space capsule from Florida.

July 28 (UPI) -- Oil and gas companies can prevent earthquakes by reducing the rate of wastewater injections, according to a new study.

July 28 (UPI) -- Gas, dust and light that get sucked into a black hole are lost forever -- so it shouldn't be possible to see light from behind a black hole. But that's what astronomers saw in a galaxy about 800 million light years away.

July 28 (UPI) -- After exhaustive testing in INRS labs, researchers found pea and rice proteins can match the quality of animal proteins like casein, the protein found in milk.

July 27 (UPI) -- According to a new study, published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, individual baboons must move at suboptimal speeds in order to maintain cohesion.

July 27 (UPI) -- According to a new study, the dùndúns drum -- in the hands of a skilled percussionist -- can accurately mimic the speech patterns of Yorùbá, a tonal language most prominent in southern Nigeria.

July 27 (UPI) -- Air pollution produced by daily chemical usage, including particles from fuels, paints and pesticides, are deadlier than scientists thought.

ORLANDO, Fla., July 27 (UPI) -- The next chapter of Mars exploration awaits images from the Ingenuity helicopter of an ancient rocky ridge at which scientists hope to find signs of ancient, alien life.

July 26 (UPI) -- New genomic analysis revealed the genetic origins of mandarin varieties in Japan.

July 26 (UPI) -- The American Heart Association has called for greater diversity among participants in genome-wide association studies.

July 23 (UPI) -- NASA on Friday awarded SpaceX the $178 million contract to launch the agency's Europa Clipper mission to study Jupiter's fourth-largest moon.

July 23 (UPI) -- According to a new study, meeting Paris Agreement goals would not only help the planet and its inhabitants avoid deadly heatwaves, droughts and extreme weather, but also generate jobs -- roughly 8 million by 2050.

July 23 (UPI) -- Marsquake data collected by NASA's InSight lander has allowed planetary scientists to more accurately characterize Mars' deep interior, as well as offered clues to the Red Planet's origins.

July 23 (UPI) -- Mission scientists unveiled the ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin's meteorite-hunting instruments on Friday morning at this year's virtual National Astronomy Meeting.

July 22 (UPI) -- Policy makers in California are counting on the carbon-capturing abilities of forests and shrublands in order to meet carbon neutrality goals by 2045, but new research suggests climate change itself could thwart them.

July 22 (UPI) -- Thanks to a breakthrough in RNA manipulation, crop scientists have developed new potato and rice varieties with higher yields and increased drought tolerance.

July 22 (UPI) -- Astronomers have for the first time imaged a moon-forming disk around an exoplanet.

July 21 (UPI) -- Scientists have developed a new way to study Venus' nighttime weather using the infrared sensors aboard the orbiter Akatsuki.

July 21 (UPI) -- For the first time in history, a NASA rover is preparing to scoop up, seal and cache Martian rock samples for a future return trip to Earth.

ORLANDO, Fla., July 21 (UPI) -- Russia launched a new multipurpose laboratory module named Nauka to the International Space Station on Wednesday from Kazakhstan after years of delays.