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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
SkyNightly Sep 28, 2026 (SPX)

HF radar proposed as a wide area sensor for US Navy operations in a changing Arctic

Rising temperatures and shrinking sea ice are opening Arctic waters to more shipping, and an Australian physicist argues that high-frequency (HF) radar could help navies and governments keep watch over the region as acti...

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SkyNightly Sep 24, 2026 (SPX)
New Calibration Method Separates Cosmic Birefringence Signal From Telescope Instrument Errors

Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a method for distinguishing genuine rotation of the cosmic microwave background's polar...

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)
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 se...

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Tokyo suffers longest streak of rainy days on record

Tokyo has logged 34 straight days of rain, marking the longest streak on record, Japan's weather agency said on Tuesday.

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SkyNightly MOON 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 outer core generates a global magnetic field, a me...

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 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 formation on a quantum simulator, one of the first ...

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...

DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Flooding, power cuts and evacuations as Hurricane Polo slams Mexico

Power was cut to part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Monday as Hurricane Polo prepared to roar ashore on the Pacific Coast, causing flooding as the sea breached coastal d...

DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Africa will be mostly self-sufficient in fuel by 2030: Dangote to AFP

Nigerian oil tycoon Aliko Dangote told AFP on Tuesday that Africa would largely supply its own refined fuel needs by 2030 as he prepared to launch a $16 billion refinery on the Ken...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Israel PM says 'indications' enemies will try to attack ahead of elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said there were "indications" that Israel's enemies could try to ...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
French teens clash with police as school blockades intensify

French teenagers on Tuesday set fire to rubbish bins and hurled projectiles in clashes with police, as they ke...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Russian military plane crashes in far east, killing 6

A Russian military plane crashed in the far eastern region of Amur on Tuesday, killing six crew members and le...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Ship hit in Hormuz, sparking fire: maritime agency

An "unknown projectile" struck a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, sparking a fire on board that has been extingui...