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APOD: 2026 September 19 – A Zodiacal Night – NASA Science 0
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- September 19, 2026
Explanation: Also known as the false dawn, a luminous band of zodiacal light is captured in this dark night skyscape. The serene view was recorded just before the beginning of astronomical twilight during September’s star party at the remote Hanle Dark Sky Reserve, Ladakh, India, planet Earth. At about 4,500 meters altitude, the dark sky
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Europe pushes for space independence amid geopolitical rifts 0
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- September 19, 2026
The uncrewed Spectrum launch vehicle is the first commercial rocket to be sent into orbit from continental Europe.Credit: Isar Aerospace Momentum is growing for Europe to develop its own sovereign space capabilities, including satellite launches and human spaceflight, and reduce its dependence on the United States as divisions grow across the Atlantic. “Our security on
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How research funding took me out of the lab and into leadership 0
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- September 19, 2026
Many academics experience a point at which they transition from laboratory work to management, which can be an opportunity to foster growth in the next generation of scientists.Credit: Monty Rakusen/Getty In April 2021, after six months of intensive writing, revising and reshaping of an idea that I had been refining for years, I submitted a
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AI cracked the Navier–Stokes challenge. What does that mean for physics?0
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- September 19, 2026
Chaotic vortices the wake of an aeroplane can contribute to aerodynamic drag.Credit: Photo12/UIG/Getty Last week, OpenAI stunned the world by claiming that its most advanced artificial-intelligence model had solved a Millennium Prize Problem: one of just a handful of notoriously tricky mathematical conundrums that each come with a US$1-million prize. The AI solution proved mathematically
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How to make a brain: new experiments challenge existing picture 0
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- September 19, 2026
Blood vessels (artificially coloured) snake through a a mouse’s brain.Credit: Simon Walker-Samuel, UCL CABI/Science Photo Library For decades, many scientists have thought that a single type of starter cell gives rise to the entire brain. But experiments now challenge that fundamental picture, providing evidence that it takes not one but two flavours of progenitor cell
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Help name the Bronx River’s first otter in 100 years 0
- Animals, Biology, Conservation, Environment, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Wildlife
- September 19, 2026
A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) was recently spotted along New York City’s Bronx River for the first time in roughly 100 years. Now, the Bronx River Alliance and Bronx Zoo would like the public’s help to choose a name for this symbol of conservation success. Voters can choose from three names—Nessie, Ruthie, and
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