Page Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 9:03 AM ET

UPI - Science

Science News -- Orionids to peak Monday night with as many as 20 meteors per hour -- The night sky will host one of autumn's best meteor showers at the start of the new week as the Orionids reach their annual peak.

1 day ago

U.S. News -- Border agents find dangerous insect species seen in U.S. for first time -- U.S. Customs & Border Patrol agricultural specialists intercepted an insect not previously identified in the United States: Osbornellius sallus.

1 day ago

World News -- U.S., Saudi Arabia halt global pact to reduce shipping emissions -- The United States and Saudi Arabia delayed the adoption of an international requirement for commercial cargo ships to reduce their greenhouse emissions or be subject to fines that was widely backed globally.

2 days ago

Science News -- Conditions right Thursday night for Northern Lights in 15 states -- The Aurora Borealis, typically only seen in the farthest northern reaches in the coldest winter months, could be visible in 15 U.S. states Thursday night, scientists reported.

2 days ago

Science News -- 28 Starlink satellites lift on 130th mission of SpaceX's Falcon 9 -- SpaceX saw a milestone with its 130th launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.

3 days ago

Science News -- SpaceX launches 21 satellites for U.S. military from California -- SpaceX on Wednesday launched 21 satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base's Pad 4E in California for the U.S. military's Space Development Agency.

4 days ago

Science News -- K2 Space Corp, SpaceX ink Falcon 9 rocket deal for 2027 mission -- Aerospace startup company K2 Space will team up with SpaceX to deploy a small number of K2 satellites into multiple levels of Earth's orbit.

4 days ago

Science News -- SpaceX successfully tests 11th Starship flight in Texas -- SpaceX launched the 11th flight test of its Starship, the two-stage, heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to take humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars.

4 days ago

Science News -- SpaceX plans Starship test flight in Texas as early as Monday -- SpaceX will conduct the 11th test flight of its Starship rocket Monday amid concerns that the United States is losing the race to return humans to the moon.

4 days ago

Science News -- John Gurdon, Nobel laureate and 'godfather of cloning,' dies at 92 -- John Gurdon, considered the godfather of cloning and who shared the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine in 2012, has died at the age of 92.

4 days ago

Science News -- Asteroid near Earth detected hours after it passed the planet -- The Paris-based European Space Agency says a near 10-foot-wide asteroid passed Earth 265 miles above Antarctica but was not detected until hours after it was gone.

4 days ago

Science News -- Blue Origin launches 15th space flight for tourists -- Space tourism company Blue Origin launched six people in Texas on its 15th mission in the growing orbital tourism industry.

9 days ago

Science News -- 3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry for work in molecular architecture -- Three scientists working in Australia, Japan and the United States won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work in molecular architecture.

9 days ago

Science News -- Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars -- NASA and the European Space Agency are tracking the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object as it travels past Mars on its way toward the Sun and through the solar system.

4 days ago

Anthropic launches Claude Life Sciences for research using AI

1 day ago

Orion spacecraft makes crucial move toward its 2026 launch to moon

4 days ago

Double space comets Lemmon, Swan to fly near Earth

1 day ago

Florida confirms case of 'zombie deer disease' in wild deer

2 days ago

Billion bird night recorded this week as 1.25B birds flew across U.S.

9 days ago

Scenes from Tokyo Pride parade

4 months ago