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Monday launch may produce a ‘space jellyfish’ in the West  The Weather Channel

Scientists have what they say is one of the oldest Mars meteorites  The Washington PostA Meteorite Found in the Sahara Is a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Piece of Mars  The New York TimesMartian meteorite found in the Sahara is 4.1 billion years old  ReutersRose-colored meteorite found in the Sahara Desert turns out to be 4.1 billion-year-old piece of Mars  CBS NewsSlice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)

Crew from NASA's simulated Mars mission emerges after 378 days in isolation  ReutersFour volunteers just finished a year in isolation in Houston, all in the name of space exploration  KHOUThey spent more than a year inside a NASA hangar in Houston simulating life on Mars. Now, they’re finally out  Houston Public MediaNASA Invites Media to Crew Completion of Yearlong Mars Simulation  NASA (.gov)4 volunteers who lived in a Mars simulation for a year are back to the real world  NPR

NASA's Swift space telescope is about to crash to Earth. Where will it fall?  SpaceNASA telescope is on the verge of plunging back to Earth after failed rescue mission  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and VideosNASA’s Swift telescope expected to crash to Earth after failed rescue mission  KTLANASA satellite to plunge back to Earth after 22 years in space  Scripps NewsAging NASA telescope sinks toward Earth after failed rescue attempt  LiveNOW from FOX

Breaking the ice: Scientists use attracting particles to form an anti-spin ice  Phys.org

Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101  The New York Times

The Moon And Venus Are About To Have Their Closest Meeting Of 2026  Forbes2026, November 6-29: Watch Venus Loop Past Spica Before Sunrise  When the Curves Line Up2026, November 4-7: Watch Venus Meet the Crescent Moon and Spica  When the Curves Line Up

Scientists say a forgotten particle may explain why the universe exists  Science DailyForgotten Particle Could Answer The Mystery of Why We Exist, Say Physicists  ScienceAlertA Long-Ignored Heavy Neutrino May Explain Why Matter Beat Antimatter  Around PragueRight-handed neutrinos could help explain the Big Bang, says study  Interesting EngineeringHeavy neutrino may have influenced the predominance of matter in the Universe — ScienceDaily  UA.NEWS

We'd Be Entering an Ice Age Right Now if Climate Change Hadn't Terminated It, Study Suggests  ScienceAlertHumans accidentally canceled the next ice age — but it’s no reason to celebrate, scientists say  CNNHuman-Driven Warming May Have Halted the Onset of a New Ice Age  Yale E360Two Thousand Years Ago, a New Ice Age Began—but Human-Caused Climate Change Recently Reversed It, According to New Research  Smithsonian MagazineWe Should Be in an Ice Age Right Now. Global Warming Prevented It.  Yahoo

Scientists discover a hidden driver of high cholesterol and a way to stop it  Science Daily

Scientists Recovered 22,000-Year-Old Human DNA From Cave Dirt  ScienceAlert30,000-year-old bone found in French cave reveals vast genetic connections between people of Eastern and Western Europe during the Stone Age  Live ScienceA 30,000-year-old woman from a Pyrenees cave carried Central European DNA  Martin Cid MagazineIce Age Humans Left DNA in Cave Dirt: Scientists Read It 22,000 Years On  Around PragueDNA dating back 30,000 years reveals new connections between Palaeolithic European populations  Sapienza Università di Roma

Chemists develop AI tool to convert human ingenuity into life-enhancing enzymes  Phys.org

Scientists monitoring Hawaii's Kīlauea for possible 56th eruption episode during first week of November  FOX WeatherNew USGS data release on Kīlauea lava fountain heights  USGS (.gov)Kilauea has spewed 55 lava fountains since December 2024, now scientists have learned how to predict the next one  Earth.comKīlauea Volcano Update for Tuesday, October 27  Big Island Video NewsGas drives Kīlauea’s lava  The Ticker

NASA’s Begging the Commercial Space Industry to Save the Doomed Hubble Telescope  GizmodoOnce again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death  Ars TechnicaNASA Explores Potential Commercial Servicing for Hubble Telescope  NASA Science (.gov)NASA seeks ideas for Hubble servicing mission  SpaceNewsNASA ponders a Hubble servicing mission or a controlled deorbit  The Register

SpaceX Starship Flight 15: Launch date, objectives, and what to expect  Interesting EngineeringSpaceX ignites giant Super Heavy booster engines ahead of daring Starship launch (video)  SpaceElon Musk: Starship 42 Will Be the First Tower Catch  BASENOR - Tesla AccessoriesSuper Heavy Tested For Flight 15  Aviation WeekSpaceX prepares for Starship’s most ambitious test flight yet  ShiftDelete.Net

Farthest human-made object in space loses contact, goes nearly one light-day away from Earth  Interesting EngineeringNASA's Voyager 1 conserves power, resolves brief communications pause  Phys.orgNovember’s Night Sky Notes: Light-Day Away  NASA Science (.gov)NASA's Voyager 1 to reach historic 16 billion-mile distance from Earth next month  LiveNOW from FOXNASA's Voyager 1 mysteriously lost touch with Earth  Mashable

New study casts doubt on theory about the role comets played in kick-starting life on Earth  KSL NewsScientists say decades-old theory on the origin of life might be wrong  CNNDid comets bring life to Earth? New Cambridge study weighs in  MashableAncient Comets Carried Organic Compounds, But They Didn't Survive Crashing Into Earth  Universe TodayStudy Doubts Comets  WHIO TV

Rare Iron Age Celtic helmet discovered in northeastern Poland far from its homeland  Phys.org

What ended the 'Cosmic Dark Age'? Astronomers say they're closer than ever to an answer.  Live ScienceHubble reveals a stunning twist in how the universe emerged from darkness  Science DailySupernovae may have restrained the escape of ionizing radiation — Live Science  UA.NEWSDying Stars May Have Slowed, Not Sped Up, the Clearing of the Early Universe’s Fog  Around PragueHubble Finds a Stunning Twist in How the Universe Emerged From Darkness  SciTechDaily

A Biologist Explains Why Female Cats Scream When They Mate (Hint: Blame The Barbs)  Forbes