Dark Matter Day is observed on October 31
Particle physics laboratories, universities and scientific organizations hold in-person and online events about the search for dark matter.
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Cyclone Arnab Reaches India’s Coast
On October 28, Cyclone Arnab made landfall in Andhra Pradesh with sustained winds of up to 130 km/h. The storm damaged homes and crops and disrupted transport and electricity supply.
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Hubble and Webb show the Cat’s Head Nebula
NASA telescopes captured images of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula, about 7,500 light-years from Earth.
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“Tsar Bomba”: the largest explosive device
In 1961, the USSR detonated the 58-megaton thermonuclear Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya. Scientists reduced the planned yield from 100 megatons to reduce radioactive fallout over the USSR.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory Discovers a Dwarf Planet Candidate
The object 2026 ED138 was found in the Kuiper Belt. Its estimated diameter is 600 to 1,500 km, but its status as a dwarf planet has yet to be confirmed.
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New Dinosaur Species Described at London Museum
Bones of the herbivorous Paludohadros proudlovii were found in Surrey in 2001. The new genus and species were identified after a re-examination of the museum collection.
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Merck and Moderna disclose phase 3 mRNA therapy results in melanoma
The October 22 release reports a 42% reduction in the relative risk of recurrence or death with intismeran plus pembrolizumab. The trial is ongoing.
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A laboratory experiment reveals a mechanism for coronal heating
The Rayleigh–Taylor instability helped form antiparallel magnetic fields and trigger reconnection, heating electrons to 70.8 ± 6.5 eV.
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Vascular cells prepared for bioprinting on the ISS
Samples of vascular cells were treated with bioink and placed in a freezer for storage. The source does not say that printing has already taken place.
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Humpback whales off Australia approach adult size by age seven
Measurements of 865 whales showed that they are about 10.9 metres long by age five and reach 90% of adult length by age six or seven.
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Candidate for a Giant Exomoon Found in the CD-35 2722 System
Observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have revealed a massive body orbiting a brown dwarf. If confirmed, it could be the first detected moon beyond the Solar System.
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Photograph of an elephant carrying a dead calf wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Federico Veronesi won the top prize in Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 for his photograph “The Aftermath,” taken in Namibia.
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