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Swift Telescope Is Falling From Orbit — A $30M Robot Is Racing to Catch It
NASA's 21-year-old Swift gamma-ray telescope is slowly falling from low-Earth orbit, accelerated by solar storms it cannot counteract. On July 3, 2026, a $30 million robotic spacecraft called Katalyst LINK launched on an unprecedented mission to catch and reboost it before an uncontrolled reentry scatters debris over unpredictable terrain.
Fossil Fuel Lobbying Buys Access, Not Votes — Here’s What Research Proves
Studies consistently correlate fossil fuel industry lobbying with anti-climate voting, but researchers draw a careful line between documented patterns and direct causation — and the 'dark money' gap means disclosed figures almost certainly undercount total influence.
JAXA’s Hayabusa2 Skimmed Asteroid Torifune at 800m to Test Deflection
Japan's fridge-sized Hayabusa2 probe skimmed to within 800 metres of near-Earth asteroid Torifune in one of the closest asteroid flybys ever attempted, collecting physical data JAXA says is essential for turning theoretical deflection models into operational planetary defence plans.
Quantum Sensors in Orbit: Infleqtion’s Space Initiative to Replace GPS
Infleqtion has launched America's Quantum Space Initiative, deploying quantum sensing hardware aboard the ISS where microgravity enables measurement precision physically impossible on the ground — and positioning the technology as a resilient alternative to GPS.
James Webb Found a Molecule in Space That Defied Astrochemistry Models
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a theoretically predicted molecule in a star-forming region 400 light-years away that was never before observed in any astrophysical environment. The find challenges existing astrochemical models and could reshape understanding of how planets — and life — get their chemical building blocks.
17-Million-Year-Old Ape Fossil in Egypt Upends Africa’s Human Origins Story
Jawbone fragments and teeth from northern Egypt belonging to a previously unknown ape species called Masripithecus are forcing scientists to rethink whether East Africa was truly the singular birthplace of the lineages closest to modern apes and humans.Load More
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