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Saturday, October 3, 2026
SkyNightly Sep 28, 2026 (SPX)

HF radar proposed as a wide area sensor for US Navy operations in a changing Arctic

Rising temperatures and shrinking sea ice are opening Arctic waters to more shipping, and an Australian physicist argues that high-frequency (HF) radar could help navies and governments keep watch over the region as acti...

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SkyNightly Sep 24, 2026 (SPX)
JWST Finds Early Galaxies Were Already Seeding the Universe with Heavy Elements

When the universe was only 500 million years old, about 3 percent of its current age, some of its earliest stars and galaxies had ...

SkyNightly Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
NYU Study Reveals Gravity's Subtle Effects on the Human Genome

The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990, preceded by decades of breakthroughs in genetics, and eventually produced a full se...

SkyNightly Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
New Trajectory Design Cuts Fuel Costs for Retrograde Geosynchronous Satellites

The retrograde geosynchronous orbit, known as RGSO, offers unique advantages for space surveillance and space situational awarenes...

PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Oil tankers attacked in Hormuz strait: UK maritime agency

Two oil tankers have been struck by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz region, a British maritime agency said Frid...

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SkyNightly MOON Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
ETH Zurich Study Points to Strong Ancient Magnetic Field on the Moon

Unlike the Earth, the Moon no longer has a core-generated magnetic field today. On our planet, the movement of liquid iron in the outer core generates a global magnetic field, a me...

SkyNightly IRON AND ICE Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
ETH Zurich Solves Mystery of Asteroid Bennu's Origin

The asteroid Bennu orbits the Sun once every 1.2 years and passes within about 300,000 kilometres of Earth every six years. NASA took advantage of one such approach to collect mate...

SkyNightly SKYNIGHTLY Sep 23, 2026 (SPX)
Duke Quantum Simulator Recreates Matter Formation from the Early Universe

A research team led by faculty at the Duke Quantum Center has observed string-breaking dynamics related to particle-antiparticle formation on a quantum simulator, one of the first ...

SkyNightly EARLY EARTH Sep 22, 2026 (SPX)
Study Pinpoints When Early Earth Became Ready for Life's Chemistry

Conditions on the early Earth may have become stable enough to sustain the chemistry associated with the origins of life around 4.33 billion years ago, according to new research co...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fires at least one ballistic missile: Seoul military

North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile, Seoul's military said Saturday after it blamed the North for an explosion in the Demilitarised Zone that wounded three South Korea...

SinoDaily CHINA Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
China a better influence in Latin America than US: poll

China's influence in Latin America is now viewed more positively than that of the United States, a major poll conducted in 17 Latin American countries showed Friday.

DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Petrobras discovers more oil off Brazil's Amazon coast

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras on Friday announced a new discovery of crude near the mouth of the Amazo...

DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
After hottest summer, weeds turn historic Belgian canals green

A bright green film carpets the historic canals in the medieval Belgian town of Ghent, as tourists and student...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen hunger crisis could become 'absolutely devastating': UN

The hunger crisis in Yemen threatens to become "absolutely devastating" as renewed fighting grips the country,...

DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Tourist killed by lightning amid Greece storms

A 58-year-old German tourist died after being struck by lightning on the Greek island of Rhodes, reports said ...