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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

Lyrid meteor shower 2026 peak with bright shooting stars in dark night sky

Lyrid Meteor Shower 2026 Set to Peak Tonight With Rare Dark Sky Conditions

The night sky is about to stage one of its most elegant annual performances, and this year, conditions could not be more forgiving. The Lyrid meteor shower, among the oldest recorded celestial

April 21, 2026

Science

Bruce the kea parrot using broken beak to dominate rivals

Bruce the Kea Redefines Survival With Brutal Beak Jousting Display

In the unforgiving hierarchy of the animal kingdom, weakness is typically a death sentence. But Bruce, a scarred and surgically incomplete alpine parrot from New Zealand, has dismantled that assumption with unnerving

April 20, 2026

Science

Earth setting behind the Moon captured by Artemis II astronauts on iPhone

Artemis II Stuns the World as Viral ‘Earthset’ Video Captured on iPhone Redefines Space Photography

In a moment that feels almost engineered for the age of virality, NASA’s Artemis II mission has delivered a piece of footage so surreal it borders on fiction: Earth, luminous and fragile,

April 20, 2026

Astronomy·Science

Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on launch pad after reused booster hot-fire test ahead of NG-3 mission

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Enters New Era as Reused Booster Passes Critical Hot-Fire Test Ahead of Weekend Launch

Blue Origin has reached a pivotal engineering threshold after successfully conducting a hot-fire test on a previously flown New Glenn booster, a development that sharpens the competitive contours of the global launch

April 18, 2026

Astronomy·Science

Jeremy Hansen viewing Earth and the Moon from Orion spacecraft during Artemis II mission deep space flyby

Jeremy Hansen Describes the Far Side of the Moon in Artemis II: Inside Humanity’s Return to Deep Space

From the Orion spacecraft cutting through translunar space at more than 400,000 kilometers from Earth, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen delivered one of the most vivid human accounts yet of the Artemis II

April 18, 2026

News·Science

Voyager 1 spacecraft drifting in interstellar space far beyond the solar system representing NASA deep space mission endurance

NASA Begins Controlled Shutdown of Voyager 1 Instrument to Stretch Humanity’s Farthest Mission

At the farthest operational edge of human engineering, NASA has begun another deliberate reduction in Voyager 1’s scientific systems, shutting down one of its instruments to conserve shrinking power reserves and prolong

April 18, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Orion spacecraft during Artemis II reentry glowing with plasma heat shield over Earth

Artemis II astronauts break silence on Orion landing: “From intense reentry to pure elation” after historic Moon flyby

In the sterile cadence of mission control updates and the heavily choreographed choreography of postflight briefings, what Artemis II astronauts have now disclosed cuts through institutional language with unusual clarity. The Orion

April 18, 2026

Astronomy·Science

Artemis II view of Moon during solar eclipse as astronauts witness meteorite impacts

Artemis II astronauts witness meteorite strikes on the Moon in historic deep-space spectacle

In the cold vacuum beyond Earth’s orbit, where silence reigns and time stretches thin, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft witnessed something both fleeting and profound: the Moon being struck—six times—by meteorites

April 9, 2026

News·Science

Artemis II Orion spacecraft captures Earthrise during historic moon flyby

Artemis II Astronauts Shatter Apollo Record in Historic Moon Flyby That Redefines Human Spaceflight

The record stood for more than half a century, untouched, almost mythic in its permanence. Then, on April 6, 2026, it collapsed. NASA’s Artemis II mission has carried four astronauts farther from

April 7, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

cryptids of africa, congo snake, mokele mbembe, congo basin myths

Cryptids of Africa: Congo Snake and Mokele-Mbembe

Two of Africa’s most famous cryptids are the Congo Snake and the Mokele-Mbembe. One rests on a 1959 aerial photo and a pilot’s account in Katanga; the other is a long-told river-monster

September 28, 2025

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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

Lyrid Meteor Shower 2026 Set to Peak Tonight With Rare Dark Sky Conditions

Bruce the Kea Redefines Survival With Brutal Beak Jousting Display

Artemis II Stuns the World as Viral ‘Earthset’ Video Captured on iPhone Redefines Space Photography

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Enters New Era as Reused Booster Passes Critical Hot-Fire Test Ahead of Weekend Launch

Jeremy Hansen Describes the Far Side of the Moon in Artemis II: Inside Humanity’s Return to Deep Space

NASA Begins Controlled Shutdown of Voyager 1 Instrument to Stretch Humanity’s Farthest Mission

Artemis II astronauts break silence on Orion landing: “From intense reentry to pure elation” after historic Moon flyby

Artemis II astronauts witness meteorite strikes on the Moon in historic deep-space spectacle

Artemis II Astronauts Shatter Apollo Record in Historic Moon Flyby That Redefines Human Spaceflight

Cryptids of Africa: Congo Snake and Mokele-Mbembe

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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