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What Will Politics Look Like on Other Planets? It's Likely to Be a Mishmash

When we make our home on other worlds, who will be in charge? Will it be an emperor? A billionaire? A rebel alliance? Or none of the above? Astrobiologist Jacob Haqq Misra runs through the legal and political options.

Universe Today · EN

The Star Wars Eclipse — Want to see the 2027 total solar eclipse on Tatooine? Head to Tunisia

From Mos Eisley to Mos Espa and the Jundland Wastes, here's where to experience the Aug. 2, 2027 total solar eclipse from Tunisia's Star Wars filming locations.

Space.com · EN

Hubble Telescope sees cosmic 'cat's tail' that could wrap around Earth and the sun 500 times

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated a cosmic cat's tail formed when two Pluto-sized bodies smashed together.

Space.com · EN

Dimorphos in sight: Europe's Hera probe gets its 1st look at battered space rock (photo)

Europe's Hera planetary defense spacecraft is closing in on the binary asteroid system targeted by NASA's DART deflection test, and can now tell the two rocky bodies apart.

Space.com · EN

'OGame' developers explain how the browser-based sci-fi game has lasted 24 years ahead of the huge Orion update

The OG sci-fi browser game is still going strong.

Space.com · EN

Voting in space: NASA astronauts cast ballots from International Space Station

The three Americans currently living off Earth made sure their voices were heard, voting in the midterm election from the International Space Station.

Space.com · EN

TB 26-10 Printed Circuit Board Assembly Chip Resistor Body Cracking

For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov. Download PDF here Chip resistors are widely used in NASA projects, yet cases of alumina substrate cracking during environmental testing are rare. Two instances of thick-film chip resistor cracking were observed during thermal cycling after vibration, with fractures occurring across the short axis due […]

NASA Breaking News · EN

Astronaut and Earth

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk is pictured during the Oct. 29, 2026, spacewalk. The International Space Station was soaring 267 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean at the time of this photograph. Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon installed a new roll-out solar array on the space station and performed some get-ahead work […]

NASA Breaking News · EN

A 3,200-pound NASA spacecraft could fall to Earth tonight

NASA's Swift Observatory is about to make a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere after a private mission to save it failed. Most of the spacecraft will burn up in orbit.

Live Science · EN

Astronaut and Earth

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Joshua Kutryk is pictured during a spacewalk with his spacesuit's helmet visor down to install a new roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's port side truss structure.

NASA Image of the Day · EN

The nuclear waste repository in Finland designed to outlast modern civilisation

The first engineered structure built to last for 100,000 years is about to begin operations. The hope is that Onkalo, deep below ground in Finland, will offer a safe place for the country to store nuclear waste

New Scientist · EN

Inca children were given hallucinogens before they were sacrificed to the gods

New toxicology tests of Inca mummies found the kids were given not just cocaine but also alcohol and chemicals found in ayahuasca before the ceremony

Scientific American · EN

The most impractical calculator in the world only has two buttons

Modern calculators have many buttons, including ones for sine, square root, pi and exponents. But it’s possible just two could suffice

Scientific American · EN

How hackers are turning grocery store freezers into heaters

By hijacking built-in defrost controls, attackers have spoiled millions of euros’ worth of food across Europe. U.S. military bases may have been hit, too

Scientific American · EN

Historic Marburg outbreak hints at long-term viral hideout

Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03538-6 Sequencing of Marburg virus collected during Ethiopia’s first outbreak suggests that the pathogen is lurking in East and Central Africa.

Nature News · EN

Microbiome research reveals how bacterial lipids influence liver and muscle health in mice

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from UConn and the University of Pittsburgh is filling knowledge gaps about the surprising roles that our microbiomes play in our health. The team's recent studies, published in Gastro Hep Advances and The Journal of Physiology, focus on Bacteroidota species that grow in our guts and mouths, where they produce glycine lipids that interact with our metabolism.

Phys.org · EN

Silent lakes ahead? Long-term study finds common loon productivity is dropping across North America

The eerie call of the common loon has long been the sound of North America's northern lakes, but new research shows it may not be that way in the future. A new study led by Birds Canada analyzed breeding attempts across nine Canadian provinces and seven U.S. states. The researchers found a widespread, long-term plunge in loon chick production across their range.

Phys.org · EN

Global accounting reveals economic toll of ecosystem losses from rising seas

A global accounting puts the value of ecosystem services that could be lost to sea level rise at well over 100 billion in 2020 international dollars (Int$2020) per year by 2100, according to a study—and the nations that are likely to lose the most are not the highest emitters.

Phys.org · EN

Researchers target PFAS with lower-temperature destruction method

Removing harmful chemicals from contaminated water is only one step toward their elimination. Once collected in filtration materials, these chemicals must still be destroyed and detoxified to prevent contamination from moving into another waste stream.

Phys.org · EN

Reading single vesicles reveals clues to the origin of chronic inflammation

A new technique to diagnose chronic inflammation developed at Nagoya University can read information from the surface and within individual extracellular vesicles in blood and urine. This technique could be used to develop noninvasive tests that can not only detect chronic inflammation but also provide information about the tissues where it occurs.

Phys.org · EN

As it gets harder to figure out what to eat, some Americans are turning to religion for answers

It's getting harder and harder to figure out what to eat. A scroll through social media raises many questions. Why is food so expensive? Am I getting enough protein? What about fiber? Do I need supplements? Should I be making all my bread at home? What foods were recalled this week?

Phys.org · EN

Wherever there are people, there is also wildlife—though not necessarily at the same time

Human-induced global change has reached an unprecedented scale and intensity. Through intensive land use and the associated loss of species, humans are permanently altering the habitats and communities of wild animals. "How do predators manage to find their way in landscapes heavily shaped by humans and establish their niche? It is precisely this question that interested us," says Kathi Kasper, a doctoral student at the MRI PAS, the EBD-CSIC and the Leibniz-IZW and an author of the study.

Phys.org · EN

A single measurement makes quantum bits more reliable

Researchers at the University of Regensburg and their international partners have found a way to significantly reduce errors in quantum bits. In an experiment, they demonstrated that a single additional measurement before a series of quantum operations can cut the error rate by more than half. The results have been published in Applied Physics Reviews.

Phys.org · EN

Want to Use AI to Improve Your Work? Have It Disagree with You

Prompting an AI model to fight with your point of view can raise novel solutions The post Want to Use AI to Improve Your Work? Have It Disagree with You appeared first on Nautilus .

Nautilus · EN