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JAXA launched the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft aboard H3 Launch Vehicle flight No10 at 044103 JST on October 20, 2026 from the Tanegashima Space Center

Ten grams from Phobos may reveal how Mars got its moons

October 29, 2026

A sample weighing at least 10 g from Mars’ moon Phobos could contain enough individual…

DRC 2026 Ebola Outbreak map

Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak passes 10 000 confirmed cases in DRC

October 27, 2026

The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reached 10 060…

3d visualization of the arctic polar vortex on October 26, 2026

Arctic stratospheric polar vortex forecast to weaken sharply in early November

October 26, 2026

NASA Ozone Watch’s current Arctic wind product forecasts the 60°N zonal-mean wind at 10 hPa…

comet 3IATLAS by gemini south gmos august 27 2025

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS lost meters of its surface, giving scientists a depth scale for its chemistry

October 25, 2026

New calculations based on reported production rates indicate that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS lost the equivalent…

ASI’s LICIACube satellite acquired this image just after its closest approach to the Dimorphos asteroid, after the Double Asteroid Redirect Test, or DART mission, made impact on Sep 26, 2022

3D simulations reveal how a nuclear burst could break apart a threatening asteroid

October 22, 2026

Three-dimensional simulations developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory show how X-rays from a nuclear standoff…

Mayon Volcano produces an ash column during the moderately explosive eruption on October 30, 2026. DOST-PHIVOLCS raised the volcano to Alert Level 3 after the eruption.

Mayon erupts as Alert Level rises to 3 and ash spreads south, Philippines

October 30, 2026

An explosive eruption occurred at Mayon Volcano in Albay, Philippines, at 11:53 LT on October 30, 2026, sending a dense ash plume 3 000…

weekly volcanic report the watchers

The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report: October 22-28, 2026

October 30, 2026

New activity/unrest was reported for 5 volcanoes from October 22-28, 2026. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 23 volcanoes.

An unusually high tide, called a King Tide, floods a highway on-ramp in Northern California in January 2023. Sea level rise and El Niños can exacerbate this type of flooding

Record tides flood California coast as Huntington Beach declares emergency and warnings persist

October 30, 2026

Exceptionally high tides have flooded coastal communities across California since October 26, 2026, inundating homes, businesses and roads, forcing closures along Pacific Coast Highway…

Google earth overlay of nws-wpc-moderate risk-ero-nov1-2026

Flood watches cover the Southwest ahead of a Four Corners heavy-rainfall event, U.S.

October 30, 2026

Flood Watches are in effect across parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado as successive Pacific moisture surges raise the flash-flood threat through…

Space Weather Monitor