JAXA’s MMX launches Oct 20, 2026 to land on Phobos twice, collect at least 10 g, deploy the 25‑kg Idefix rover, and return samples to Earth in 2031.
LLNL’s 3D Spheral simulations of a nuclear standoff show ~98% damage and ~97% of mass above escape speed, but 59 days of compute covered only 145 ms.
Sprayed nanolayer increases contact coverage in protonic ceramic electrochemical cells, cutting interfacial resistance and improving stability.
El Niño has Manaus choking—PM2.5 above 135 closed schools—while satellites track a long Amazon fire season and a 40% undercount near Santarém.
A new model of Thwaites Glacier that treats a wide grounding zone doubles projected sea-level rise to 30 mm by 2100 and raises coastal flood risk.
PLOS Medicine study estimates ≥2.1m envenomings and 274k–513k deaths yearly—45% in sub‑Saharan Africa—using geostatistical models to fill data gaps.
ESA’s Solar Orbiter sampled a giant switchback and, from its oxygen and carbon mix, tied its origin to interchange reconnection at the Sun’s surface.
Scientists report the first self-stabilizing thorium nuclear clock, running over 24 hours with ~10^-15 precision—about one second in 30 million years.
Arabidopsis tunes sideretin and fraxetin to soil pH; root bacteria recycle and siderophore-share to mobilize iron, rescuing plants from deficiency in lab tests.
Launched Oct. 1, NASA’s SSPICY will in 2027 have Otter inspect up to four inoperable U.S. objects from hundreds of yards using electric propulsion.