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A Fossil That Sat in a Museum Drawer for Nearly 100 Years Is Europe’s First Megaraptor

A skull fragment collected on England’s Isle of Wight and overlooked since 1924 is a new species of claw-handed predator, the first megaraptor confirmed in Europe.

Two U.S. Economists Win the Nobel for the Ideas Behind How the Fed Fights Recessions

Robert E. Hall of Stanford and Michael Woodford of Columbia share the 2026 economics Nobel for building the models central banks use to steady the economy. Here’s what their work means for interest rates, recessions and your budget.

A Canadian Telescope Picks Up the Faint Glow of Hydrogen From 9 Billion Years Ago

The CHIME radio telescope detected a faint signal from hydrogen gas in the distant universe on its own, a step toward mapping cosmic expansion and testing ideas about dark energy.

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Physicists Build the First Working Nuclear Clocks, and One Can Keep Itself in Tune

Two teams report the first clocks that tick with an atomic nucleus instead of electrons. A Vienna prototype even stabilizes itself. Here is how they work and what they could mean.

Hubble May Have Spotted a Planet Born After Its Star Died

A 25-year-old Hubble puzzle points to a giant planet that may have formed from a dead star’s leftovers. Astronomers stress it is still only a candidate.

Crew-12 Is Home After 237 Days in Orbit. Here’s What the Mission Did and What Comes Next

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 splashed down off Los Angeles on Oct. 8 after 237 days in orbit. Here’s a look at the crew, the spacewalk records, the science and what happens next.

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Europe’s Jupiter Probe Juice Swings Past Earth and Picks Up a Big Speed Boost

ESA’s Juice spacecraft flew 5,370 miles above the Indian Ocean on Sept. 28, using Earth’s gravity to bend its path toward Jupiter while saving fuel for the icy moons.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Passes a Key Steadiness Test and Takes Its First Coronagraph Look

A month after launch, NASA’s Roman Space Telescope proved it can hold extraordinarily still, and its starlight-blocking Coronagraph Instrument saw stars for the first time.

This “Armor” Fabric More Than Tripled Strawberry Yields

A knitted textile first developed for military uniforms kept insects off strawberry plants – and up to 3.56 times more fruit grew underneath it.

50 Years Ago: Noel Edmonds’ Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Changed Saturday Morning TV

On October 2, 1976, the BBC launched a live, phone-in Saturday show where kids swapped their toys. It set the template for children’s TV for decades.

A Large Australian Stick Insect Hid in Plain Sight for Decades

Scientists thought there were two species. DNA showed there were five – including one that lays eggs with tiny lids.

Meet the Tilcayo: The First New Wild Cat Species Named in Over a Century

DNA analysis has revealed a tiny, previously unrecognized wild cat in Bolivia’s cloud forests. Scientists named it Leopardus tilcayo.

Galápagos Corals Suggest El Niño Is Stronger Now Than at Any Time in 1,000 Years

Coral skeletons from the Galápagos Islands point to El Niño events becoming markedly stronger in recent decades. Not every scientist agrees on what the signal means.

Astronomers Find the Fastest Star Yet Circling Our Galaxy’s Black Hole

A faint star called S301 whips around Sagittarius A* every 8.7 years at about 8% of the speed of light. Astronomers hope it will finally reveal how fast the black hole spins.