6+ hour, 47+ min ago  (811+ words) a planetary geologist describes the considerations that go into it NASA plans to build a semipermanent base on the Moon in the 2030s, as shown in this illustration. NASA Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame Lots of excitement for space bubbled…...

8+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (390+ words) Japanese researchers are testing a surprising, minimally invasive way to repair spine fractures. A team at Osaka Metropolitan University found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair breaks similar to those common in people with the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis....

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (193+ words) Feb. 10 (UPI) -- 1-2 Special released the trailer for Erupcja on Tuesday. The film opens April 17. Charli XCX and Will Madden star as an engaged couple whose Warsaw, Poland trip is extended when a volcano erupts. She visits an old friend (Lena…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (212+ words) Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Indonesia's Mount Semeru sent volcanic ash columns 6,500 feet high after erupting Wednesday afternoon, posing a danger to regional air traffic and forcing more than 300 to evacuate. The eruption occurred at 4 p.m. local time on East Java's tallest peak at…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (145+ words) Sept. 25 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of more than two dozen Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit early Thursday from Central Florida. The rocket launched at 4:36 a.m. EDT Thursday from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station....

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (185+ words) NASA astronaut Don Pettit shares a long-exposure photograph that captured the curve of Earth, the glow of the planet's atmosphere, streaks of city lights and flashes of lightning. Hovering above it all: three galaxies. NASA astronaut Don Pettit has spent…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (453+ words) July 30 (UPI) -- NASA announced Wednesday it, in a partnership with the Indian Space Research Organization, launched a radar system to map Earth as never before. The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, satellite blasted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (193+ words) July 22 (UPI) -- Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than the average day as the Earth's rotation is moving faster. The international Earth Rotation and Reference System Service expects that Tuesday will be just 1.34 milliseconds…...