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Saturday, September 26, 2026
SkyNightly Sep 25, 2026 (SPX)

JWST Finds Ammonia and Puzzling Chill in Giant Exoplanet's Atmosphere

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected water, methane, ammonia and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a giant exoplanet orbiting a small, cool star, a discovery that complicates existing theories...

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SkyNightly Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
ETH Zurich Study Points to Strong Ancient Magnetic Field on the Moon

Unlike the Earth, the Moon no longer has a core-generated magnetic field today. On our planet, the movement of liquid iron in the ...

SkyNightly Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
New Trajectory Design Cuts Fuel Costs for Retrograde Geosynchronous Satellites

The retrograde geosynchronous orbit, known as RGSO, offers unique advantages for space surveillance and space situational awarenes...

SkyNightly Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
Duke Quantum Simulator Recreates Matter Formation from the Early Universe

A research team led by faculty at the Duke Quantum Center has observed string-breaking dynamics related to particle-antiparticle f...

DarwinDaily Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia fires threatens critically-endangered orangutan: IUCN

Wildfires that tore through Indonesian Borneo's vast tropical forests have piled pressure on critically endangered Bornean orangut...

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SkyNightly IRON AND ICE Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
ETH Zurich Solves Mystery of Asteroid Bennu's Origin

The asteroid Bennu orbits the Sun once every 1.2 years and passes within about 300,000 kilometres of Earth every six years. NASA took advantage of one such approach to collect mate...

SkyNightly SPACE TRAVEL Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
NYU Study Reveals Gravity's Subtle Effects on the Human Genome

The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990, preceded by decades of breakthroughs in genetics, and eventually produced a full sequence of the human genome. Yet the physical rules...

SkyNightly OUTERPLANETS Sep 22, 2026 (SPX)
Juno Mission Reveals Jupiter Bow Shock Uses Harmonic Plasma Waves and Shocklets to Tame Solar Wind

A University of Iowa-led research team has reported the most detailed observations to date of Jupiter's bow shock, finding that the gas giant employs a far more complex wave struct...

SkyNightly SOLAR Sep 22, 2026 (SPX)
Standard Cameras Modified to Measure Solar Cell Quantum Efficiency

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart, Research Center Juelich, and Solarzentrum Stuttgart have demonstrated that commercially available cameras, with minor hardware modificat...

RoboDaily HIGHTECH Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
TikTok to pay Alabama $100 mn under pre-trial settlement

TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact limits for teen users, avoiding a trial set to begin next week in the southern US state over claims related t...

RoboDaily CHINA Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
US, China to set up 'communication channel' for AI incidents

The United States and China will set up a "communication channel" for artificial intelligence incidents, the White House said on Friday.

PolicyDaily Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
Trump rejects Iran proposal for deal to reopen Hormuz

US President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected a truce deal proposed by Iran that Tehran said could have reope...

PolicyDaily Sep 26, 2026 (AFP)
Oman calls for self-restraint, dialog in Mideast conflict

Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi called at the UN Saturday for "self-restraint" from all sides in the Mid...

SinoDaily Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Norwegians more sceptical of Chinese EVs, but still buying more: survey

Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) are being met with growing scepticism in Norway, which is leading the wor...

DisasterDay Sep 25, 2026 (AFP)
Torrential rains flood towns in western Libya

Torrential rains caused severe flooding across several towns in western Libya overnight Friday, cutting electr...