Astronomers have detected a natural sugar found in raspberries in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between stars.

Erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries, was spotted in a gas and dust cloud near the center of the Milky Way.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch during early Tuesday, July 14 from Cape Canaveral. Here's when to expect liftoff.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars into the clouds after launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station July 14, 2026. The rocket is carrying 29 Starlink satellites. Craig Bailey, FLO

A SpaceX rocket launch from Florida will set off rumble early Tuesday on another Starlink delivery. The liftoff is set for no earlier than 5:10 a.m. Tuesday, July 14 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Areas across Tampa Bay were able to see the launch. The Falcon 9 rocket took 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

Russia resumed sending crewed missions to the International Space Station with a team that includes a NASA astronaut, highlighting how space remains one of the few spheres where Russia and the US continue to cooperate.

Russia ⁠launched ⁠two cosmonauts and an ​American astronaut to the ‌International Space Station ‌on Tuesday ⁠from ⁠Kazakhstan, resuming crewed flights from a ​recently repaired astronaut launchpad with a rare ​joint attendance by the ⁠heads of ⁠NASA and ⁠Russia's space ​agency.

Physician-astronaut Anil Menon, a former flight surgeon with NASA, rocketed into space Tuesday with two Russian cosmonauts for an eight-month stay aboard the International Space Station. CBS News' space consultant Bill Harwood has more.

Russia sent two cosmonauts and an American astronaut ​to the International Space Station on Tuesday from Kazakhstan, resuming crewed flights from a recently repaired launchpad with a rare joint ‌attendance by the heads of NASA and Russia's space agency.