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 September 22, 2026
MOON NASA, IBM Release Open-Source AI Model For Analyzing Moon Data, With USRA Support Sep 18, 2026 (SPX)
NASA and IBM Research have released an open-source artificial intelligence model designed to help scientists analyze the large and diverse datasets returned by lunar missions, with planetary science support from the Universities Space Resea... Read more →
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Spacecraft bound for Mercury begins 'tricky' arrival Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
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NASA launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping mission Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
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NASA's Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
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Trump announces new US 'Space Academy' Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
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China says unmanned moon mission delayed over 'launch conditions' Aug 23, 2026 (AFP)
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Trump pledges 'golden age' of space travel Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
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NASA images reveal crater left by SpaceX rocket's Moon crash Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
SPACENEWS Castaway SpaceX rocket stage crashed into Moon, scientists say Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Part of a SpaceX rocket approximately the size of a bus slammed into the Moon as predicted, scientists said Wednesday, after a telescope in Chile captured evidence of a stream of debris. more
ENVIRONMENT Seoul issues first 'severe heatwave warning' under new system Aug 03, 2026 (AFP)
South Korea's weather agency issued a "severe heatwave warning" for Seoul on Monday, the first such advisory since introducing the designation this year to alert the public about extreme temperatures. more
SPACENEWS Japan probe made closest-ever asteroid flyby: space agency Jul 31, 2026 (AFP)
A Japanese probe flew 400 metres (1,312 feet) from a near-Earth asteroid this month, marking the closest approach ever recorded in such a mission, the space agency has said. more
NATURALDISASTERS Drownings surge as heat stifles Germany Jul 12, 2026 (AFP)
Ninety-nine people drowned in Germany last month, the most since a record heatwave swept Europe in 2003, according to official figures. more
SPACENEWS UK sets record for number of days over 34C Jul 09, 2026 (AFP)
The UK on Thursday experienced its eighth day in 2026 with the mercury climbing above 34C, the Met Office said, breaking the previous record by one day. more
IRON AND ICE Small Near-Earth Asteroids Show Distinct Composition From Larger Objects, Study Finds May 04, 2026 (SPX)
The study, led by Dr. Nick Moskovitz of Lowell Observatory, analyzed 189 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and identified a clear compositional shift as object size decreases. S-complex asteroids - the type most closely linked to ordinary chondrites, the most common... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins May 04, 2026 (SPX)
DAMPE, the Dark Matter Particle Explorer, was launched in December 2015 and has been accumulating high-precision measurements of cosmic ray particle fluxes from orbit. The international mission includes a major contribution from the astrophysics group at the D... more
TIME SPACE Oxford Physicists Reach Fourth-Order Quantum Squeezing With Trapped Ion May 04, 2026 (SPX)
The work builds on a well-established quantum technique called squeezing. In quantum mechanics, the precision with which pairs of properties -- such as position and momentum -- can be simultaneously known is constrained by Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. S... more
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