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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

SpaceX Starship V3 rocket on the launch pad at Starbase before the May 22 test flight

SpaceX Starship Cleared to Fly Again After Booster Failed in Gulf of Mexico

The FAA has cleared SpaceX to resume Starship launches after identifying two failures that brought the Super Heavy booster down into the Gulf of Mexico on May 22. The next flight, expected

July 13, 2026

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Satellite image of Typhoon Bavi tracking toward China's southeastern coast

Typhoon Bavi Strengthens, Targets China’s Fujian and Zhejiang Coast as Evacuations Begin

Typhoon Bavi regained severe typhoon strength and is tracking northwest toward China's southeastern coast, with landfall forecast between Fujian and Zhejiang provinces on Saturday evening. Flights were cancelled and tens of thousands

July 11, 2026

News·Science

Artist's illustration of a magnetar — a highly magnetized neutron star — of the type observed forming inside supernova SN 2024afav

Astronomers Witness First Magnetar Birth Inside a Superluminous Supernova

Astronomers witnessed a magnetar birth for the first time, confirmed by a chirping light curve inside SN 2024afav. The UC Berkeley finding, published in Nature, validates a 16-year theory and creates a

July 6, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

First close-up image of asteroid Kamoʻoalewa captured by China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft during its July 2026 rendezvous at 20 kilometers

Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon: China’s Sample Mission Arrives at Kamoʻoalewa

China’s Tianwen-2 reached quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa on July 2, releasing the first close-up image of an asteroid that has shadowed Earth’s orbit for centuries. CNSA begins surface mapping ahead of a sample return

July 6, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Microscopy image of small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer model developed by the Witte Laboratory at UCLA

FDA-Approved Autoimmune Drugs Can Kill Small Cell Cancers, UCLA CRISPR Study Finds

Leflunomide and teriflunomide, FDA-approved for arthritis and MS, can kill small cell neuroendocrine cancers of the lung, prostate, and ovary in lab models, UCLA reports in PNAS. A genome-wide CRISPR screen exposed

July 6, 2026

Health·News·Science

Friederike Otto, professor of climate science at Imperial College London and co-lead of World Weather Attribution

A 154-Year-Old DC Heat Record Just Fell. Scientists Say That Was the Point.

A World Weather Attribution study found the East Coast heat wave that broke Washington's 154-year-old temperature record would have been virtually impossible without fossil fuel pollution. A 68-year-old Pennsylvania man's heat death

July 6, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Exterior view of NASA's HERA habitat at Johnson Space Center, which will supply the transit simulation for the new Moon and Mars Exploration Analog mission

NASA Wants Volunteers to Do a Harder Version of the Isolation Mission Four People Are Still Living Through

While four volunteers remain locked inside a simulated Mars habitat in Houston with three months left, NASA has opened applications for an even longer analog mission that adds a simulated spacecraft transit

July 5, 2026

News·Science

Static ground test of ISRO's SOLVE rocket motor at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota

ISRO Test-Fires the Rocket That Will Teach Gaganyaan’s Astronauts How to Fall Safely

ISRO fired a new rocket motor for ten hours at Sriharikota to validate the parachute system that must safely bring Gaganyaan's crew module back to Earth. The agency still has not said

July 5, 2026

News·Science

KAIST spray powder stops severe bleeding in one second hemostatic research 2026

KAIST’s Spray Powder Stops Severe Bleeding in One Second

A research team at KAIST has developed a sprayable powder that stops severe bleeding in roughly one second by converting blood into a hydrogel barrier. Made from natural compounds, it outperformed commercial

July 5, 2026

News·Science

NASA infographic comparing the habitable zones of different classes of stars, including red dwarfs like Gliese 3378

A Planet 25 Light-Years Away Just Became Astronomy’s Best Argument for Looking Closer to Home

Astronomers have confirmed Gliese 3378b, a super-Earth 25 light-years away receiving almost the same energy from its star as Earth does from the Sun. Whether it can actually support life depends on

July 5, 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

SpaceX Starship Cleared to Fly Again After Booster Failed in Gulf of Mexico

Typhoon Bavi Strengthens, Targets China’s Fujian and Zhejiang Coast as Evacuations Begin

Astronomers Witness First Magnetar Birth Inside a Superluminous Supernova

Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon: China’s Sample Mission Arrives at Kamoʻoalewa

FDA-Approved Autoimmune Drugs Can Kill Small Cell Cancers, UCLA CRISPR Study Finds

A 154-Year-Old DC Heat Record Just Fell. Scientists Say That Was the Point.

NASA Wants Volunteers to Do a Harder Version of the Isolation Mission Four People Are Still Living Through

ISRO Test-Fires the Rocket That Will Teach Gaganyaan’s Astronauts How to Fall Safely

KAIST’s Spray Powder Stops Severe Bleeding in One Second

A Planet 25 Light-Years Away Just Became Astronomy’s Best Argument for Looking Closer to Home

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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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