NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is in on-orbit checkout
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launched on 30 August 2026 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on a Falcon Heavy, is in its on-or...
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Millisecond-long software error triggered UK air-traffic disruption
NATS has published a preliminary report on the 8 September 2026 incident: a previously unknown software defect in a legacy module of the National Airs...
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61 years since the birth of astronaut Sunita Williams, a veteran of three space missions
Former NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams turns 61 on 19 September 2026. She was born in Euclid, Ohio, grew up in Needham, Massachusetts, graduated...
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Indonesia Begins Operation to Right Capsized Ship in the Java Sea
Indonesian authorities began, on 18 September, the operation to right the ferry Virgo Transport 8, which capsized in the Java Sea. The ship was on the...
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Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?
A cold, wet nose is often taken as proof that a dog is healthy. Reality is narrower: a healthy animal may briefly have a warm or dry nose, and a sick...
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67 years since Vanguard 3 launched to study Earth’s magnetic field
18 September 2026 marks 67 years since the scientific satellite Vanguard 3 launched from Cape Canaveral. NASA’s NSSDC catalogue lists it as 1959-007A....
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Why Do Bananas Turn Brown—and How Can the Process Be Slowed?
The banana is a climacteric fruit: it keeps ripening after harvest. Respiration rises for a time, and ethylene, a gaseous hormone, coordinates softeni...
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Why Do Onions Make Us Cry?
A whole onion does not start tears. The blade ruptures cells and mixes substances that had been kept in separate compartments. From that mix comes an...
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49 years since Voyager 1 captured Earth and the Moon in the same frame
On 18 September 1977, two weeks after its 5 September launch, NASA’s Voyager 1 pointed its imaging system back towards Earth. From more than 11 millio...
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Bristol Night Race puts NASCAR under the lights in a high-stakes round
Bristol Motor Speedway hosts the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, a NASCAR Cup Series round, on Saturday 19 September 2026. The track’s official page lists...
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May Mobility seeks a Nasdaq listing through a $1.4 billion SPAC transaction
Ann Arbor-based May Mobility announced on 16 September a merger agreement with ACP Holdings Acquisition, a Nasdaq-listed SPAC (ACGC). The deal implies...
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NASA spacecraft identifies a new lunar crater about 222 metres wide
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has studied the Moon since 2009, has identified a recently formed impact crater about 222 metres across and...
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