.jpg&w=3840&q=75 "September 2026 Was the Second-Warmest on Record, With Global Temperatures Above 1.5°C for a Second Month")
Copernicus recorded September at 1.63°C above pre-industrial levels, as developing El Niño conditions raise concerns about continued exceptional warmth.
Astronomers using a new pixel-level technique have found four pairs of "Little Red Dots" in the early universe, possibly indicating supermassive black holes on a path to merger.
A Boyce Thompson Institute study maps gene regulation differences between cultivated and wild tomatoes, offering breeders precise targets to restore lost flavor while maintaining yield.
Researchers characterized Aminobacter ciceronei BA135, a non-canonical nitrogen-fixing symbiont that acquired its symbiosis genes horizontally, potentially expanding crops that need less fertilizer.
Astronomers have identified the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst ever localized, a modest star-forming galaxy whose properties offer clues to the origins of these enigmatic signals.
A 500-kilogram metal ring, believed to be a rocket separation ring, fell from space into a Kenyan village, prompting an investigation and raising questions about space debris.
The Kronosaurus, an ancient marine reptile, possessed twelve-inch teeth used to slash prey, making it one of the most fearsome predators of the Cretaceous seas.
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly report that GLP-1 drugs may slow biological aging by two to three years on molecular clocks, though experts urge caution about longevity claims.
Los Angeles is enduring its worst mosquito season in years, driven by heat and humidity, with West Nile virus cases at a decade high and invasive Aedes mosquitoes active day and night.
A wind tunnel study reveals the European nightjar’s wings are a compromise between hovering for hunting and efficient cruising for migration, with an unexpected thrust-generating upstroke.
Scientists filmed a rare black swallower fish at 1,259 meters depth carrying a meal so large its skin stretched transparent, revealing internal organs.
Scientists have measured the white bellbird's mating call at 125.4 decibels—louder than a chainsaw—and traced how its anatomy and behavior produce such extreme volume.
Colossal Biosciences is using AI and gene editing to create animals resembling extinct dire wolves and woolly mammoths, though critics question how authentic these creatures will be.
Astronomers using JWST have detected variable water clouds on WISE 0855, a cold brown dwarf 7.5 light-years away, revealing Earth-like weather processes on another world.
New research reveals squid are covered in hair cells that sense water movement, with bundle lengths varying by body region—a pattern similar to human hearing and a potential model for studying deafness.
New Gemini North images reveal that supernova remnant Pa 30, linked to a 1181 event, contains chains of pearl-like gas knots around a surviving “zombie star”—the only known Type Iax remnant in the Milky Way.
The Orionid meteor shower peaks October 21–22, 2026, offering 10–20 meteors per hour from Halley’s Comet debris, best viewed after moonset in the early morning hours.
NASA released over 800GB of Artemis II lunar data—11,000 images, 8.5 hours of audio, and crew notes—the first human-captured planetary dataset in over 50 years.
Lake Vostok, buried four kilometers beneath Antarctic ice for 15 million years, may harbor unique microbial life and serves as an analog for subsurface oceans on Europa and Enceladus.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope differs from James Webb by capturing a field of view 100 times larger, designed for wide surveys that complement Webb’s deep, detailed observations.
Nobel laureates Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai discovered a chemical reaction that amplifies tiny molecular imbalances, potentially explaining why life on Earth uses only one mirror-image form.
Four astronauts returned to Earth after an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station, splashing down off California after replacing an ailing crew and completing spacewalks and research.
University of Chicago scientists have described Megacauda sungei, a 165-million-year-old semi-aquatic mammal ancestor with throat structures enabling chewing and swallowing like modern mammals.
A metal detectorist in Germany uncovered 934 Roman silver denarii near Cologne, the largest coin hoard from Emperor Hadrian's era ever found in the region.