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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…

Night lights over Houston on 16 February 2021, during the blackouts. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

Texas grid sank to 59.304 Hz in the 2021 freeze, 4 minutes 37 seconds from relays tripping 17,000 MW; state confirmed 246 deaths

November 5, 2026

Texas’ main power grid spent 4 minutes 23 seconds below a 59.4 Hz protection threshold early on February 15, 2021, leaving 4 minutes 37…

Lituya Bay, Alaska.

1958 Lituya Bay rockslide of 30 million cubic meters stripped forest to 524 meters up an Alaska slope; two died, Howard Ulrich and his son survived

November 5, 2026

The July 9, 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami in southeast Alaska stripped forest from a mountainside 524 m (1 720 feet) above sea level after…

3D visualization of Stratospheric Polar Vortex for November 5 2026. Credit: StratObserve

Polar vortex winds at 60°N drop from 22.13 to 5.44 m/s in eight days in rare November disruption; major SSW remains forecast

November 5, 2026

A rare November disruption of the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex is underway, with the daily-mean wind at 60°N and 10 hPa weakening from…

Epicenter of M6.2 earthquake in Vanuatu on October 29, 2026

Deep M6.2 earthquake hits Vanuatu 43 km from Port-Olry at 143 km depth, no tsunami threat as USGS issues Green alert

November 3, 2026

A deep M6.2 earthquake registered by the USGS struck 43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu, at 21:46:44 UTC on October 29, 2026. The agency…

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