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Diagram showing all eight phases of the lunar cycle, from New Moon through First Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter

Moon Phase Today – September 18, 2026: First Quarter Moon at Apogee

On September 18, 2026, the First Quarter Moon rises at midday with roughly 46% of its disc illuminated, coinciding with lunar apogee — the moon’s farthest orbital point this month. The result

September 18, 2026

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Full Harvest Moon rising in September 2026 photographed by Mike Linnihan

Moon Phase Today – September 16, 2026: Waxing Crescent at 29%, Harvest Moon in 10 Days

The moon phase today, September 16, 2026, is a Waxing Crescent at approximately 29 percent illumination, five days into the lunar cycle following the September 11 New Moon. The First Quarter arrives in two days, with the Harvest Moon and

September 16, 2026

by Kiranpreet Kaur

Russia’s Progress MS-35 Reaches Orbit After Soyuz Defect Forced Seven-Day Delay

Russia's Progress MS-35 lifted off from Baikonur on September 16, ending a seven-day hold after Roscosmos

Waning Crescent moon at 1% illumination on September 10, 2026, as imaged by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Moon Phase Today – September 10, 2026: Waning Crescent at 1% as New Moon Arrives Tonight

The moon phase today, September 10, 2026, is a Waning Crescent at 1% illumination — the

NASA CLPS lunar lander on Moon surface during commercial mission

NASA boosts lunar ambitions with massive CLPS contract expansion to fuel surge in Moon lander missions

NASA is sharply escalating its push toward the Moon, committing billions more to a program that has quietly become the backbone of its commercial lunar strategy. The U.S. space agency plans to

May 2, 2026

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Orion spacecraft floating in the Pacific Ocean after Artemis II lunar mission splashdown with NASA recovery teams nearby

Artemis II astronauts reveal first post splashdown meal, emotional homecoming moments redefine human spaceflight

Artemis II astronauts return to Earth carrying candy, emotion, and a new public mythology of spaceflight The Artemis II mission has ended with the kind of imagery that increasingly defines modern space

May 2, 2026

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Flower Moon rising on May 1, 2026 over spring landscape with Scorpio constellation in night sky

Flower Moon May 1, 2026, Rare Scorpio Micromoon Signals Unusual Double Full Moon Month

The night sky on May 1, 2026, delivers an astronomical configuration that is at once ordinary in appearance and unusual in structure. The full Moon, traditionally known as the Flower Moon, rises

May 1, 2026

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First-ever map of olfactory receptors in the human nose showing structured neural stripes

Scientists Rewrite the Science of Smell With First-Ever ‘Nose Map’ That Shatters 30 Years of Dogma

The science of smell, long dismissed as biology’s most chaotic sensory system, has just been forced into a radical rewrite. In a landmark study published this week in Cell, researchers at Harvard

April 30, 2026

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Atlas V rocket launching Amazon Kuiper satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral

Amazon’s Satellite Empire Expands as Atlas V Launch Succeeds While SpaceX Falcon Heavy Stumbles

Amazon’s push into the orbital internet economy accelerated sharply this week, as an Atlas V rocket launch delivered another heavy payload of satellites into low Earth orbit, underscoring the company’s escalating rivalry

April 28, 2026

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Trump’s War on EPA Science Triggers Historic Climate Rollback in US Policy

The dismantling of science inside the United States Environmental Protection Agency is no longer theoretical. It is operational, deliberate, and accelerating. Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, the EPA, once the federal

April 28, 2026

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Soyuz rocket launching Progress MS-34 cargo spacecraft toward International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome

Russia’s Progress MS-34 Reaches ISS in Precision Orbital Supply Mission Carrying Over 2.5 Tons of Critical Cargo

The Progress MS-34 cargo spacecraft has successfully completed its orbital journey, docking with the International Space Station in a mission that underscores the fragile yet highly engineered supply chain sustaining human presence

April 27, 2026

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Milky Way over Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert under pristine dark skies

Atacama Desert’s Dark Skies Under Threat as Light Pollution and Industrial Expansion Pressure Chile’s Astronomical Frontier

Chile’s Atacama Desert has long been regarded as a scientific anomaly on Earth, a vast high-altitude expanse where the night sky reveals itself with rare clarity. For decades, it has functioned as

April 26, 2026

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NASA cleanroom with scientists inspecting spacecraft and microscopic fungal contamination risk

NASA Study Flags “Space-Resistant” Fungus That Could Survive Journey to Mars, Raising Contamination Fears

NASA is confronting an uncomfortable biological paradox: the very machinery designed to search for life beyond Earth may already be transporting life capable of surviving the voyage. A peer-reviewed study reported across

April 24, 2026

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Giant prehistoric Kraken-like octopus dominating Cretaceous ocean ecosystem

Cretaceous “Kraken” Octopus Emerges as Apex Predator That May Have Ruled Dinosaur-Era Seas

Long before modern whales or sharks could claim dominance, the oceans of the Late Cretaceous period may have harbored an intelligence-driven predator that science is only now beginning to understand. A new

April 24, 2026

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Moon Phase Today – September 18, 2026: First Quarter Moon at Apogee

Moon Phase Today – September 16, 2026: Waxing Crescent at 29%, Harvest Moon in 10 Days

Russia’s Progress MS-35 Reaches Orbit After Soyuz Defect Forced Seven-Day Delay

Moon Phase Today – September 10, 2026: Waning Crescent at 1% as New Moon Arrives Tonight

NASA boosts lunar ambitions with massive CLPS contract expansion to fuel surge in Moon lander missions

Artemis II astronauts reveal first post splashdown meal, emotional homecoming moments redefine human spaceflight

Flower Moon May 1, 2026, Rare Scorpio Micromoon Signals Unusual Double Full Moon Month

Scientists Rewrite the Science of Smell With First-Ever ‘Nose Map’ That Shatters 30 Years of Dogma

Amazon’s Satellite Empire Expands as Atlas V Launch Succeeds While SpaceX Falcon Heavy Stumbles

Trump’s War on EPA Science Triggers Historic Climate Rollback in US Policy

Russia’s Progress MS-34 Reaches ISS in Precision Orbital Supply Mission Carrying Over 2.5 Tons of Critical Cargo

Atacama Desert’s Dark Skies Under Threat as Light Pollution and Industrial Expansion Pressure Chile’s Astronomical Frontier

NASA Study Flags “Space-Resistant” Fungus That Could Survive Journey to Mars, Raising Contamination Fears

Cretaceous “Kraken” Octopus Emerges as Apex Predator That May Have Ruled Dinosaur-Era Seas

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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