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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

Microplastics in atmosphere trapping heat and contributing to global warming

Microplastics Enter the Climate Equation as Scientists Identify a Hidden Atmospheric Warming Force

Microplastics, once treated as a purely terrestrial and oceanic contamination crisis, are now being reassessed as a potential atmospheric climate driver. A growing body of research suggests that these particles, suspended in

May 4, 2026

News·Science

Thousands of newly discovered exoplanets orbiting distant stars detected by NASA TESS

Scientists Uncover 10,000 “Impossible” Exoplanets That Could Rewrite the Map of the Universe

The cosmos, it turns out, may be far more crowded than astronomers ever dared to imagine. In a sweeping breakthrough that leans heavily on artificial intelligence, scientists have identified more than 10,000

May 3, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Astronomy·News

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

News·Science

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

News·Science

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

Astronomy·News

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

News·Science

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

Science

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

Science

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

Science

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

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

Microplastics Enter the Climate Equation as Scientists Identify a Hidden Atmospheric Warming Force

Scientists Uncover 10,000 “Impossible” Exoplanets That Could Rewrite the Map of the Universe

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

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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