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NASA’s Swift Observatory Could Reenter Earth’s Atmosphere Within Hours
The 3,200-pound Swift Observatory is expected to reenter around Nov. 4, with most of the spacecraft set to burn up and a low risk to people.
NASA Astronaut Captures Soyuz Rocket Debris Burning Over West Africa
Chris Williams photographed the Soyuz rocket’s fiery reentry over West Africa, highlighting the growing atmospheric and ground-level effects of falling space hardware.
Mars Mission Radiation Linked to Persistent Heart Scarring in Rat Study
Rats exposed to simulated deep space radiation had twice as much heart vessel scarring after 360 days, raising questions about astronauts’ long-term health.
Bronze Age Burial Reveals Grape-Sized Stone Linked to Chronic Infection
A 5,300-year-old burial in southwestern Russia held a grape-sized urinary stone, offering evidence of a painful infection in a steppe herder’s life.
Dinosaur Fossil Yields Possible Blood Cell Traces, but Researchers Disagree
A 115-million-year-old Brazilian fossil contains heme-related chemistry and cell-like structures. Researchers disagree over whether the shapes are red blood cells.
Satellite Surveys Reveal Saite-Era Monument and Sand Foundation Beneath Ancient Buto
Satellite radar and underground scans have uncovered a 26th Dynasty structure at Buto, built on a sand foundation that helped protect it from unstable delta clay.
Why Blue Whales Vanished From Galápagos Waters During El Niño
A nine-month search found no blue whales near the Galápagos. Researchers suspect warm water disrupted feeding conditions and shifted their route south.
DSM-6 May Add Biological Context to Mental Health Diagnoses
DSM-6 is expected to bring genetics and immune system research into psychiatric diagnosis, while clinical symptoms remain central to identifying disorders.
Hubble and Webb Reveal Three Views of the Cat’s Head Nebula
Hubble and Webb’s infrared images expose the Cat’s Head Nebula’s turbulent gas, star-sculpted edges and an unexplained bright spot.
Virtual Reality Training Increased Lucid Dream Reports in a Small Study
A month of meditation and dreamlike VR exercises was linked to more lucid dreams, though a small study leaves the roles of each component unclear.
Solar Mass Ejections Could Destabilize the Outer Planets After the Sun Dies
Simulations suggest uneven mass loss could send the giant planets into unstable orbits, with collisions possible within hundreds of millions of years.
Recursive Self-Improving AI Faces Technical and Practical Barriers
A proposed five-level framework maps AI self-improvement, but experts say autonomous research, computing costs and reliable testing remain major obstacles.
Rubin Observatory Finds a Large Kuiper Belt Object That Could Be a Dwarf Planet
2026 ED138 may be 600 to 1,500 kilometers wide. Follow-up observations will determine whether the distant object qualifies as a dwarf planet.
Student Finds 4,500-Year-Old Stone Spearpoint on Virginia Field Trip
A Mary Baldwin biology student spotted a 6-inch Indigenous stone point on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Archaeologists have taken it for study.
Roman Scotland Facial Reconstruction Reveals Clues to a Decapitated Man’s Life
A facial reconstruction brings a Roman-era burial near Inveresk into focus, while isotopes and bone injuries point to the man’s origins and possible army role.
Lumina Simulation Reconstructs the Universe’s First 2 Billion Years
Lumina models the first galaxies, cosmic reionization and the spread of radiation across 2 billion years of early cosmic history.
Tiger Footage Reveals Rare Family Care and Challenges Solitary Behavior Assumptions
New footage captures a male tiger greeting cubs and a female caring for another tigress’s young, complicating ideas about tiger social behavior.
Ancient DNA Reveals East-West Connections Across Ice Age Europe
A 30,000-year-old woman from southwestern France carried ancestry linking her to Eastern and Central Europeans, revising the picture of Gravettian mobility.
Hepatitis B Vaccine Modeling Study Projects More Chronic Infections Under Proposed CDC Guidance
A modeling study projects more chronic hepatitis B infections among young people if newborns no longer routinely receive a birth dose.
DNA Study Links Native Hawaiians and Easter Islanders to a Shared Polynesian Voyaging Group
Genome analysis links Native Hawaiians and Rapa Nui to a shared Mangareva-rooted group and finds unusually strong founder effects in Polynesian populations.