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Student-led missions deploy free-flying light sails from CubeSats in low Earth orbit
Students in Cornell's Space Systems Design Studio (SSDS) have released mission results for two unique light-sail experiments. These sails are slightly larger than a pizza box and harness momentum from photons to accelerate to high velocities. With ChipSats onboard—gram-scale spacecraft that fit in the palm of your hand—the sails can become free-flyers. They origami-fold into CubeSats for launch… https://phys.org/news/2026-09-student-missions-deploy-free-flying.html
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- Early Mars rocks reveal at least three separate water episodes
When NASA's Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars' Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were surprised by what they found. The geologic area, called the "Margin Unit," stretches along the shoreline of an ancient Martian lake, so they expected sedimentary rocks, which would have formed as layers of sand piled on top of each other over millennia. Composed of clay and… https://phys.org/news/2026-09-early-mars-reveal-episodes.html
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- Earth's center of mass drifts less than we thought
Where is Earth's center of mass? The answer seems trivially obvious. It's right in the middle of the planet. Ah, but that kind of thinking won't get you a paper in the Geophysical Journal International. It's also not a trivial question. Knowing Earth's center of mass to within millimeters reveals some interesting facts about our planet. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-earth-center-mass-drifts-thought.html
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- Solar Orbiter catches the sun's missing high-speed vibrations
The sun's magnetic fields are a twisty, curvy, ever-changing mess. In particular, our star's polar regions host areas called polar coronal holes, which contain invisible magnetic highways that stretch into interplanetary space. But there's a lot we don't know about how those highways actually work, particularly how they give the particles that form the fast solar wind an extra "kick" that sends… https://phys.org/news/2026-09-solar-orbiter-sun-high-vibrations.html
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- Superdense neutron star caught feeding on a blue hypergiant's stellar wind
Using data from the Japan–led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star's outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares. The research is part of NASA's exploration of the extreme universe to better understand how the cosmos works. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-superdense-neutron-star-caught-blue.html
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- A 'rebellious' exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star
A star and its planets form when a cloud of gas and dust collapses in on itself somewhere in space. The cloud then forms a disk around the nascent star, within which the planets will form. This protostar and its disk then rotate in the same direction. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-rebellious-exoplanet-orbits-star.html
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- The Red Planet has a purple side
Oxidized iron dominates the Martian color palette. The dusty reds, ochers, browns and tans give the planet its nickname: the Red Planet. But new images of Mars' south polar region show something different. Swirls of pink, purple and red highlight the region and a feature named Thyles Rupes, an icy crag with cliffs higher than 1 km (0.6 miles). Rupes means cliff in Latin, while Thyles is a… https://phys.org/news/2026-09-red-planet-purple-side.html
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- Researchers measure the environment where the first supermassive black holes formed
When the James Webb Space Telescope pointed its powerful instruments toward the early universe, scientists were surprised by what it found. At high-redshift (z) values, corresponding to less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang, astronomers witnessed an abundance of galaxies that hosted what appeared to be the "seeds" of supermassive black holes (SMBHs). https://phys.org/news/2026-09-environment-supermassive-black-holes.html
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- Stopping Ozempic may raise heart attack and stroke risk
A large study suggests the cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound can disappear surprisingly quickly when treatment stops. After two years off the medications, patients had a 22% higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and death compared with those who stayed on them. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222414.htm
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- Black holes of every size follow the same surprising rule
Scientists have found evidence that black holes of vastly different sizes may launch powerful jets according to the same universal rule. Supermassive black holes can produce jets soon after tearing apart a star, then fire up again hundreds or thousands of days later when their feeding rate drops to about 2% of the Eddington limit. That same threshold is known to trigger jets from much smaller… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222358.htm
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- The flood has gone. For Nepal’s children, the fear remains
“I don’t need anything.” The boy stood among other children at a relief distribution centre and watched them choose what they could carry. Some were looking through piles of clothes. Others were reaching for food. A child who had received a new toy had already begun playing with it. The boy wanted none of it. […] The post The flood has gone. For Nepal’s children, the fear remains appeared first… https://english.onlinekhabar.com/flood-nepal-children-fear.html
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- A new process turns plastic waste into gasoline and diesel fuel
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a surprisingly simple way to turn polyethylene, the common plastic used in shopping bags and cutting boards, into gasoline and diesel-like fuels. The process uses inexpensive aluminum-based molten salts to break long plastic molecules into smaller hydrocarbons, producing about 60% gasoline under relatively mild conditions. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222405.htm
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- Scientists create a needle-thin brain implant that can do three jobs at once
A new needle-thin brain implant can record neural activity, deliver drugs, and stimulate multiple brain regions using a single flexible fiber. Successful tests in mice suggest it could give scientists a more precise, less invasive way to study the brain and may eventually help treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222416.htm
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- Nepal’s climate message to the world at UN General Assembly
Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s participation in the 81st United Nations General Assembly is an important opportunity for Nepal. He is scheduled to address the General Debate on September 24. At a time when climate change is becoming crucial, Nepal is facing floods, landslides, droughts and other extreme weather events with growing frequency. The recent floods […] The post Nepal’s climate message… https://english.onlinekhabar.com/nepals-climate-un-general-assembly.html
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- NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has successfully activated its 300-megapixel infrared camera, which will capture enormous stretches of the cosmos with Hubble-like sharpness. Its planet-hunting coronagraph is also working as expected, putting Roman another major step closer to beginning science operations in 2027. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260921081058.htm
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- Chronic stress may be quietly reshaping your heart
Chronic inflammation tied to stress, lifestyle, mental health, and socioeconomic conditions may silently change the heart for years before any symptoms appear. People with the highest inflammation levels faced a 43% greater risk of heart attack and stroke, raising hopes that earlier testing and anti-inflammatory treatments could help prevent serious heart disease. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222354.htm
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- High-level efforts underway to lift ANFA suspension, says Minister Pokharel
Education and Sports Minister Sasmit Pokharel has said high-level efforts are underway to lift the suspension that FIFA, the world football governing body, imposed on the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). Minister Pokharel gave the information while speaking at Monday’s meeting of the House of Representatives. He said the National Sports Council had directed ANFA […] The post High-level… https://english.onlinekhabar.com/high-level-efforts-anfa-suspension.html
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- Stanford scientists discover the human brain may actually be two separate organs
Scientists have found that the human brain develops from two distinct cellular systems, suggesting that evolution fused together two ancient nervous systems with very different jobs. The discovery also allowed researchers to grow human hindbrain neurons in the lab, opening new possibilities for studying ALS, spinal muscular atrophy, and other brainstem diseases. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222352.htm
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- What kills Schrödinger’s cat? Gravity may not be the answer
Physicists have put a decades-old idea about why the strange rules of quantum mechanics disappear in our everyday world to one of its toughest experimental tests yet. Deep beneath Italy’s Gran Sasso mountain, researchers searched for an extremely faint radiation signal predicted by a theory suggesting that tiny fluctuations in spacetime, caused by gravity, gradually destroy quantum… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222350.htm
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- Venus ate its moon: How Earth's 'twin' could have swallowed a rocky satellite
Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with a size, mass and structure similar to Earth's, doesn't have a moon. New UC Riverside research shows that our hungry twin likely swallowed it. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-venus-ate-moon-earth-twin.html
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- To understand the solar cycle, notice how the sun sleeps
The sun is such a constant in our lives that it can be difficult to imagine our star ever changing. But the sun can be quite variable. There are times when its magnetic field is turbulent and generates many sunspots and other times when it is quiet and dormant. Since the 1800s, we've known that these active and passive periods follow an 11-year pattern known as the solar cycle. But even after… https://phys.org/news/2026-09-solar-sun.html
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- Scientists discover a hidden “ID card” in cat urine
Cats may identify one another through a surprisingly durable chemical “calling card” made from 13 unusual fatty acids in their urine. The compounds appear linked to mysterious fat droplets in the kidneys and may represent a scent-recognition system shared across the cat family. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031033.htm
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- Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
Researchers may have solved a long-running mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls by proposing that the Qumran sect really did use its distinctive 364-day calendar. Its perfectly ordered 52-week system kept holidays on the same weekdays, but it slowly drifted out of sync with the seasons because it was shorter than the true solar year. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031035.htm
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- New nanoparticles make hidden chemical differences light up
Scientists have developed ultra-bright nanoparticles that can detect tiny amounts of chemicals and distinguish between molecules that look almost identical. The technology could one day provide a cheaper way to catch dangerous drug impurities or trace pollutants using simple low-cost lasers. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031030.htm
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- Scientists opened a sealed envelope after 10 years. Gravity still didn’t make sense
A decade-long NIST experiment has produced a new measurement of the universal gravitational constant that differs unexpectedly from another leading result, deepening a 225-year-old physics puzzle. The discrepancy is tiny, but for one of nature’s most fundamental constants, it is large enough to keep scientists wondering whether hidden experimental errors or something more surprising is involved. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920032049.htm
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- Ancient DNA reveals how plague kept returning for 400 years after the Black Death
Ancient DNA reveals that plague repeatedly returned to Europe for more than 400 years after the Black Death, evolving into new lineages and spreading through trade, migration, and war. Researchers also developed a method to date ancient plague genomes more precisely, linking many of them to specific outbreaks recorded in historical sources. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031025.htm
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- A 66-million-year-old tooth reveals T. rex was nearly as warm as a human
Chemical clues preserved inside fossilized T. rex teeth reveal that the dinosaur maintained a body temperature of about 97 degrees Fahrenheit, almost identical to humans. The finding provides direct evidence that the giant predator was warm-blooded, helping explain how it stayed active and survived in chilly environments as far north as Alaska. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031020.htm
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- Einstein’s “spooky action” just survived one of physics’ most extreme tests
Physicists have detected strong evidence that heavy, fleeting Z bosons can become quantum entangled during Higgs boson decays at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The result shows that Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance” survives even under some of the most extreme conditions ever created in a laboratory. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031023.htm
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- Hurricane Hunters reveal 4 warning signs that a storm is about to strengthen
Nearly three decades of Hurricane Hunter data reveal four features that can help a tilted tropical cyclone straighten its circulation and become capable of intensifying. The findings could give forecasters an earlier warning that a seemingly disorganized storm is becoming primed to strengthen. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031037.htm
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- Ed Sheeran says he made ‘mistakes’ amid Macklemore controversy
The singer says the dispute over free speech and Palestine has drawn him into a complex political debate he never wanted to join. https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2026/09/20/ed-sheeran-says-he-made-mistakes-amid-macklemore-controversy
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