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

Using two dish-shaped radio telescopes in Spain, researchers collected data from a large gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way. They identified the sugar in gaseous form by comparing telescope signals with lab samples.

Scientists have made a sweet discovery near the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, spotting a sugar molecule in the space between stars for the first time. Erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries and self-tanners,

A sugar found in raspberries and sunless tanning products has turned up near the Milky Way’s center. The discovery marks the first direct detection of a true sugar in interstellar space, and it

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.