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Webb and Hubble find dozens of tiny Kuiper Belt objects
Using deep infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope and optical follow‑up from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers identified 27 new…
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Wildfires burn peatland across Indonesia
Large wildfires have burned more than 200,000 hectares across Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo, generating thick toxic smoke, transboundary haze and…
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The Exploration Company raises $450 million for reusable spacecraft
The Exploration Company (TEC) secured $450 million in a Series C round co-led by Atomico and the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund with participation…
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Stoke raises $1 billion to develop Nova Block 2
Stoke Space announced a $1 billion Series E raise, bringing its total funding to $2.3 billion, to accelerate development of its fully reusable Nova…
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Genflow SIRT6 therapy reduces biological age in aged beagles
Genflow Biosciences reported its SLAB trial met the primary endpoint after treating 24 naturally aged beagles, with treated animals showing a clear…
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Small asteroid disintegrates over Indian Ocean
On Sept. 6 a small asteroid designated 2026 RW1, about 0.8 meters (2.6 feet) across, entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up safely over the Indian…
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China studies humanoid robots for urban warfare
A Reuters review of more than 100 Chinese procurement notices, academic studies, patents and official materials shows Beijing accelerating research…
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Scientists probe weakening dark energy linked to dark matter
Recent DESI observations and a 2025 follow-up study indicate that the strength of dark energy may not be constant: it appears to have peaked about…
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Astronomers detect small asteroid before atmospheric entry
On September 6, astronomers detected a small asteroid called CERNQ52 late in the day, first spotted by the Mount Lemmon Observatory as part of the…
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Isar Aerospace launches first commercial European rocket to orbit
A German startup, Isar Aerospace, successfully put its 28-metre, two-stage Spectrum rocket into orbit from Andøya Spaceport in Arctic Norway…
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India launches GISAT-1A geosynchronous imaging satellite
India successfully launched GISAT-1A (EOS-05) into geosynchronous orbit aboard a GSLV Mk II from Sriharikota, recovering from the 2021 GISAT-1…
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Developing joint cells linked to later rheumatoid arthritis vulnerability
Scientists at the Kennedy Institute used single-cell sequencing, advanced image analysis and high-resolution 3D X-ray scanning to map developing…
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China launches cislunar CubeSat network with international partners
China's Deep Space Exploration Laboratory has launched an international project to build a three-dimensional satellite network between Earth and the…
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Anak Krakatau erupts as authorities enforce exclusion zone
Anak Krakatau erupted late Friday, sending plumes of ash into the sky over the Sunda Strait and producing seismic signals recorded through early…
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Canada report projects at least 3.5 C warming
The federal government posted a second edition national climate impacts report, which finds Canada will warm by about 2.7 C by 2050 and by at least…
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Blue Origin to build NASA Mars telecommunications orbiter
NASA awarded Blue Origin a $700 million contract to build the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, a spacecraft designed to provide navigation services…
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European mountain summits lose specialist plants despite rising species counts
An international study published in Science and involving researchers including Pau Carnicero analysed vegetation on 62 European summits four times…
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Microalgae bloom halts multiple Israeli desalination plants
A large microalgae bloom that stretched more than a dozen miles is blamed for temporarily shutting five of Israel's six coastal desalination plants…
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El Niño may bring wetter, stormier start to Britain's winter
Britain faces a higher chance of a wetter, windier and milder start to winter as a strong El Niño develops in the tropical Pacific, according to Met…
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Realta Fusion signs deal with Madison Gas and Electric
Realta Fusion announced a partnership with Madison Gas and Electric to explore building a 200-megawatt grid-connected fusion plant in Wisconsin in…
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Scientists map male fly brain to reveal wiring differences
Scientists in Cambridge reconstructed the male fruit fly brain at the level of all 124 million neural connections and compared it with a female brain…
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France records hottest summer on record
France recorded its hottest summer since measurements began in 1900, with meteorologists reporting 53 days of heatwave conditions and multiple severe…
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Underground xenon detector records unexplained nuclear recoil
More than a kilometer underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, a liquid xenon detector recorded a single unexplained recoil of a…
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Gene-edited strawberries reach final UK approval stage
Scientists using CRISPR/Cas9 have edited the strawberry Tfl1 gene to create remontant plants that flower repeatedly and extend the harvest season…
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