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NASA

• NASA Announces Bold Science Initiatives for America’s Golden Age Summit
  October 8, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA is launching two new science and technology initiatives to deepen scientific understanding and accelerate the innovation that will shape America’s future in space. The initiatives are announced in conjunction with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) “Golden Age Summit” in Washington on Thursday with top U.S. agency leaders. The programs […]
• NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies
  October 8, 2026 by Tara Friesen
  A new NASA-supported spacecraft will get up close to satellites that are no longer in service, demonstrating technologies that could support future in-space repairs and reduce orbital debris. The Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) mission launched Oct. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission is a technology demonstration where an […]
• Crew-12 Returns to Earth
  October 8, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen moments before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California in this Oct. 8, 2026, photograph. Aboard were NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. The four spent […]
• NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs
  October 8, 2026 by albarne1
  NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) space telescope is shedding light on brown dwarfs, celestial objects that blur the line between stars and exoplanets. New findings published in The Astrophysical Journal show that these dark and cloudy worlds have chemically rich atmospheres not unlike the giant […]
• Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin
  October 8, 2026
  First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) seen to date. Their […]

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ArsTechnica

• An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light
  by Chris Lee
• Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand
  by John Timmer
• If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency
  by Stephen Clark
• It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane
  by Eric Berger
• Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
  by Jennifer Ouellette