Earth & Life
September 2026
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Science & Engineering
NASA's first communications satellite was just a giant reflective balloon
Human Factors
US dumped 47,800 containers of radioactive waste off San Francisco
Universe
Hubble steers without thrusters using spinning wheels and Earth's magnetic field
Science & Engineering
NASA engineer's chip design prediction conquered imaging, now ships in billions yearly
Earth & Life
Earth's center of mass wanders millimetres each year with seasonal shifts
Science & Engineering
Webb finds a roughly two-Jupiter-mass object with signs of star-like formation
Science & Engineering
Pulsar's backward-spinning disk may have flipped to forward in 2008
Science & Engineering
Early outer planetesimals were rich in heat-processed rocky grains
Space & Missions
Roman’s fuel savings could support a longer operating life
Earth & Life
Earth was recycling ocean water into its mantle 3.1 billion years ago
Science & Engineering
On Deimos, orbital speed just above the surface is only about 14 km/h—around elite…
Science & Engineering
Reef fish ignore threats until they move faster than two metres a second
Science & Engineering
Scientists spot largest newly formed crater in solar system on the Moon
Space & Missions
Citizen scientists fired ISEE-3’s thrusters, but its recovery burn soon failed
Universe