Early Flu Activity Raises Concerns as Fall Begins
Flu activity has been rising since early September, with some U.S. regions showing unusually high positivity rates for this time of year.
» readJapan's MMX mission aims to solve the century-old mystery of how Mars' moons formed
The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft is set to launch from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center on 20 October, with the goal of returning a sample from Phobos to finally explain how the moon and its sibling Deimos formed.
» readNASA confirms Artemis II heat shield performed as expected after splashdown
The successful performance of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield was confirmed by NASA following the Artemis II mission’s splashdown on April 10, 2026. Underwater imagery captured by U.S.
» readDinosaur fossil overlooked for a century identified as new megaraptor species
A fossil that sat in a museum collection for over a century has been identified as a previously unknown species of predatory dinosaur, researchers have stated.
» readGlobal timekeepers vote to scrap leap seconds, allow universal time to drift by up to an hour
Leap seconds, the periodic adjustments used to keep atomic clocks aligned with Earth's rotation, have been abolished by an international vote.
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