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Technicians prepare the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory spacecraft before its 2004 launch at Cape Canaveral

NASA’s Swift Observatory Re-enters Over Indonesia After Nearly 22 Years in Space

NASA confirmed Swift’s atmospheric re-entry over North Sumatra on November 4, ending a mission that observed more than 2,000 gamma-ray bursts.

November 5, 2026

by Amanda Graham

Amelia Earhart's red Lockheed Vega 5B monoplane on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Earhart Search Team Says Lagoon Object Was Likely Trees, Not Her Plane

The Purdue-backed team that called its evidence "very strong" says the Taraia Object in Nikumaroro's lagoon was most likely a collection of large trees, not Amelia Earhart's Electra. Its steel-tube find and castaway theory survive, but no outside specialist is

October 19, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Image accompanying Euronews reporting on the end of leap seconds in 2027

Leap Seconds End in May 2027, but Your Clock Won’t Jump an Hour

Global timekeepers have voted to end leap-second adjustments from May 20, 2027. The new rule allows

Portrait of Stephen Cash, a smiling man in a dark suit and red-and-blue striped tie against a gray background

NASA Hands Marshall Center to a Shuttle-Era Safety Chief After 13 Months

NASA named retired Marshall engineer Steve Cash director of its Huntsville center, effective Monday, ending 13

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket climbing away from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in a cloud of exhaust

Blue Origin Plans More Florida Launch Pads for a Rocket Idle Since April

Blue Origin said Friday it will add launch pads in Florida for a New Glenn rocket that has not flown since April, without saying where they will go. The FAA is still

October 16, 2026

Business·News·Science

A white bleached branching coral beside pink and golden healthy colonies on a shallow Gulf of Aqaba reef, with a pier and mountains above the waterline

44% of Reef Corals Are Threatened, and the Count Ends Before the Heat

A Nature paper published Thursday finds 340 of 774 assessable reef-building coral species threatened, the same 44 percent IUCN announced in 2024. What it adds is the method and an admission: the

October 16, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Snow-covered summit of Avachinsky volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula rising through a ring of cloud, seen from orbit

Japan Warned of a Magnitude 9.9 Quake. The Real One Was a 6.9 in Kamchatka

Japan's weather agency issued an early warning for a magnitude 9.9 earthquake that did not exist, then withdrew it about eight minutes later. The real quake was a magnitude 6.9 near Kamchatka,

October 16, 2026

News·Science

Starship's white launch plume rising over the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast, photographed from the International Space Station

FAA Reviews 456 Starship Launches a Year From Boca Chica, Up From 25

Boca Chica, Texas, is licensed for three Starship launches a year after dark. A Federal Aviation Administration review opened this week sets a ceiling of 456 launches, assumes half would fly at

October 16, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Landsat 8 satellite image of snow-capped Mount Taranaki in New Zealand ringed by dark forest inside a circular protected-area boundary, surrounded by green farmland

World May Already Conserve 27% of Its Land, Just Not Where It Counts

Official records miss land that is already being conserved, a Nature study led by the University of Kent says, putting the 30 percent goal closer than thought. The extra land, though, often

October 15, 2026

News·Science

Satellite view of grey smoke plumes streaming across the Amazon River and rainforest from fires near Manaus and Santarem on October 12, 2026

Smoke Shuts Manaus Schools as October Fire Detections Near Triple

Smoke from Amazon fires closed schools in Manaus on October 12, and INPE's data show October detections nearly triple last year's. NASA scientists call it the second domino of an El Niño

October 15, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Side-by-side view of the Orion heat shields from Artemis I, left, with visible cracking, and Artemis II, right, after removal from their crew modules

Artemis II Heat Shield Had 9 Char-Loss Spots; Artemis I Had 103

NASA says post-flight analysis shows the Artemis II Orion heat shield had nine spots of char loss against 103 on Artemis I, after the agency shortened the reentry path. How much material

October 15, 2026

News·Science

Black-and-white archive photograph of Amelia Earhart standing beside her Lockheed Electra in Khartoum

Earhart Plane Hunt: Team Expects a Lagoon Answer Within Days

A 17-person Purdue and Archaeological Legacy Institute team began an underwater survey of Nikumaroro's lagoon Wednesday and says a definitive answer on the Taraia Object could come in days. Skeptics note a

October 15, 2026

News·Science

Families sitting under a makeshift shelter with laundry hanging and water bottles stacked beside them

Panama’s Earthquake Toll Depends on Which Agency’s Count You Read

Six days after Panama's earthquake, one death has been reported and 13,623 people are affected, but UNICEF, the UN humanitarian office, PAHO and the USGS give different magnitudes and shelter, school and

October 14, 2026

News·Science

White water ice cloud streaming from the Arsia Mons volcano across the tan surface of Mars, seen from above by Mars Express

A Mars Cloud May Form by Physics No One Has Seen in a Planetary Atmosphere

A study in Nature Geoscience says Mars's Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud probably forms by homogeneous nucleation, in which water vapour turns directly to ice. The process has never been observed in a

October 14, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

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NASA’s Swift Observatory Re-enters Over Indonesia After Nearly 22 Years in Space

Earhart Search Team Says Lagoon Object Was Likely Trees, Not Her Plane

Leap Seconds End in May 2027, but Your Clock Won’t Jump an Hour

NASA Hands Marshall Center to a Shuttle-Era Safety Chief After 13 Months

Blue Origin Plans More Florida Launch Pads for a Rocket Idle Since April

44% of Reef Corals Are Threatened, and the Count Ends Before the Heat

Japan Warned of a Magnitude 9.9 Quake. The Real One Was a 6.9 in Kamchatka

FAA Reviews 456 Starship Launches a Year From Boca Chica, Up From 25

World May Already Conserve 27% of Its Land, Just Not Where It Counts

Smoke Shuts Manaus Schools as October Fire Detections Near Triple

Artemis II Heat Shield Had 9 Char-Loss Spots; Artemis I Had 103

Earhart Plane Hunt: Team Expects a Lagoon Answer Within Days

Panama’s Earthquake Toll Depends on Which Agency’s Count You Read

A Mars Cloud May Form by Physics No One Has Seen in a Planetary Atmosphere

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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