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Tuesday, September 29, 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)
New Calibration Method Separates Cosmic Birefringence Signal From Telescope Instrument Errors

Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a method for distinguishing genuine rotation of the cosmic microwave background's polar...

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...

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...

AfricaDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
G.Bissau urges calm after reports of unrest among troops

Guinea-Bissau authorities urged calm Tuesday after reports of unrest within the presidential guard, a day after former leader Umar...

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SinoDaily Shein shares dive more than 11% after earnings disappoint US says no China arms sale plans after envoy cites Trump offer White House releases list of products US, China could tax less
AfricaDaily Mali army, Russian paramilitaries committed 'war crimes': Amnesty Cash for nature protection: hotelier's offer to Principe islanders Several Niger soldiers killed in fighting near Mali: ministry
RoboDaily Slovenia sees surge in '.si' sites after Trump hypes 'super intelligence' Anthropic warns of 'existential' AI risks in IPO filing: report OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns
PolicyDaily US to allow flights between Iraq holy city and Iran Ship hit in Hormuz, sparking fire: maritime agency Iran FM says expects US answer Tuesday on plan to open Hormuz
DarwinDaily Africa will be mostly self-sufficient in fuel by 2030: Dangote to AFP EU proposes climate rules delay, warning of 'challenging' winter ahead CORRECTED: Tokyo suffers longest streak of rainy days on record
DisasterDay Myanmar airstrike death toll rises to 50: aid workers Four dead in Bangkok floods as Thailand toll rises to 23: ministry Flooding, power cuts and evacuations as Hurricane Polo slams Mexico
FiscalDaily Stocks drop and oil rises as Hormuz hopes fade Oil prices spike after Trump rejects Iran truce offer Oil prices fall after Trump hails 'good' talks with Iran
OilGasDaily Top gold producer Burkina Faso opens first refinery Syria says sending imported petrol to Iraq At UN, Saudi FM warns world failing to protect Gulf shipping
InternDaily Yemen health system at 'breaking point': WHO Demand slump, US trade turbulence vex EU firms in China: lobby paper Almost 8,000 excess deaths in France's scorched summer: statistics
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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 SOLAR Sep 22, 2026 (SPX)
Standard Cameras Modified to Measure Solar Cell Quantum Efficiency

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart, Research Center Juelich, and Solarzentrum Stuttgart have demonstrated that commercially available cameras, with minor hardware modificat...

WindDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height

A wind turbine being built in eastern Germany reached its full height of 365 metres (1,197 feet) Tuesday, making it the world's tallest, according to the company that built it.

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
China's top diplomat raises Taiwan with former Japanese FM

China's top diplomat said ties with Tokyo were "waiting to be normalised again" as he met a former Japanese foreign minister who was leading a trade delegation in Beijing.

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DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Tom Cruise trades stunts for satire as toxic tycoon 'Digger'

Tom Cruise has taken on one of his riskiest roles in decades, tackling the politics of climate change and corp...

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
'Gift from God': Rain brings relief from Indonesia toxic haze

Welcome rain has brought relief to residents of Indonesia's Pontianak city after weeks of exposure to a cloyin...

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
'We just need rain': Germany's Rhine river hits new low

Parts of Germany's Rhine are now unnavigable for most shipping, an industry group warned Tuesday, after the ri...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Iraq hangs 10 convicted of 'terrorism': health, security officials

Iraqi authorities hanged 10 people on Tuesday after they were convicted on "terrorism" charges, security and h...