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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

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center carrying NASA's Roman Space Telescope

Roman Telescope’s Camera Beats Its Optics Target by Nearly 30%

NASA says the Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument optics measure 63 nanometers RMS against a requirement of about 90, after a mirror nudge of one-sixteenth of a hair's width. The coronagraph's

October 14, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Artist's impression of the MMX spacecraft near Mars with its moon Phobos at right

Japan-Led Probe to Launch October 20 to Fetch Rock From a Moon of Mars

An H3 rocket is due to launch the Martian Moons eXploration mission from Tanegashima at 04:41 JST on October 20, aiming to return at least 10 grams of Phobos to Earth in

October 14, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

NASA astronaut Christina Koch in silhouette looking at Earth through a window of the Orion spacecraft during Artemis II

Christina Koch Will Not Fly Again as NASA Gives Her an Engineering Post

NASA said astronaut Christina Koch, who flew Artemis II and spent 328 days on the space station, becomes acting deputy chief engineer on November 1 and is no longer eligible for spaceflight.

October 14, 2026

News·Science

NASA Tests Moon and Mars Heat Shields on a Cargo Ship Full of Station Trash

NASA sent 12 student-built capsules carrying experimental heat shield materials out of the space station inside a trash-filled Cygnus XL cargo ship that burns up on re-entry. NASA's release gives no results

October 14, 2026

News·Science·Technology

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Energy Secretary Chris Wright sign a memorandum at a table as OSTP Director Michael Kratsios stands behind them

NASA and DOE Sign Space Nuclear Deal, but No Release Gives a Power Rating

NASA and the Energy Department signed a memorandum on space nuclear power and propulsion that runs from fuel production to launch, effective November 1. The release names no reactor power rating, budget

October 14, 2026

News·Science·Technology

Technicians in white cleanroom suits watch as a crane lowers a lunar lander into a large thermal vacuum chamber at JPL

Griffin-1 Lander Passes JPL’s Shake, Roar and Freeze Tests; No Launch Date

Voyager Technologies' Griffin-1 lander has passed vibration, acoustic, electromagnetic and thermal vacuum tests at NASA's JPL ahead of a Falcon Heavy launch to the lunar south pole. NASA's account gives no test

October 14, 2026

News·Science·Technology

A crescent Earth sets behind the edge of the cratered Moon in a photograph taken by the Artemis II crew

Artemis II Crew Saw Five Moon Flashes; the One Camera Clip Checked Saw None

Artemis II's crew reported five impact flashes on the dark Moon, likely the faintest ever seen by human eyes, according to NASA's preliminary lunar science report. A short Orion camera clip reviewed

October 14, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Satellite map of Antarctic sea ice concentration on September 14, 2026, with a yellow line marking the 1981 to 2010 median extent

Antarctic Sea Ice Slides Toward Record Lows, NSIDC Says, or Nearly So

Antarctic sea ice is melting back at record-low daily extents, the National Snow and Ice Data Center said, though a later paragraph of its report calls it only close to the record.

October 14, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Artemis III astronauts in white cleanroom suits lean over a railing to view the Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center

Artemis III Crew Will Rehearse a Pad Escape as NASA Stacks Its Rocket

NASA has finished stacking the Artemis III boosters and set an October 23 update on its Moon plans, with the crew due to rehearse an emergency pad exit. Nothing NASA has published

October 14, 2026

News·Science

The transition between the Moon's near side and far side photographed by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby

China Will Show Moon Samples From Both Sides at an Expanded Airshow China

China will display lunar samples from both the near side (Chang'e-5) and far side (Chang'e-6) of the Moon at Airshow China in Zhuhai from December 7 to 13, in an expanded edition

October 14, 2026

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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

Roman Telescope’s Camera Beats Its Optics Target by Nearly 30%

Japan-Led Probe to Launch October 20 to Fetch Rock From a Moon of Mars

Christina Koch Will Not Fly Again as NASA Gives Her an Engineering Post

NASA Tests Moon and Mars Heat Shields on a Cargo Ship Full of Station Trash

NASA and DOE Sign Space Nuclear Deal, but No Release Gives a Power Rating

Griffin-1 Lander Passes JPL’s Shake, Roar and Freeze Tests; No Launch Date

Artemis II Crew Saw Five Moon Flashes; the One Camera Clip Checked Saw None

Antarctic Sea Ice Slides Toward Record Lows, NSIDC Says, or Nearly So

Artemis III Crew Will Rehearse a Pad Escape as NASA Stacks Its Rocket

China Will Show Moon Samples From Both Sides at an Expanded Airshow China

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

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

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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