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  1. NASA

    APOD: 2026 October 30 – Haunting the Cepheus Flare

  2. NASA

    Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001

  3. NASA

    Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001

  4. NASA

    NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found

  5. Mongabay

    Zambia’s edible insect tradition offers a potential boost to food security

  6. Mongabay

    Between revered and hunted: The journey of human-otter coexistence in the Amazon

  7. Eos

    Archaea Survived Enceladus-Like Conditions in Lab

  8. Good News Network

    Romans Made Color-Changing Glass–and We’ve Just Replicated After 1,600 Years

  9. Our World in Data

    How is life at different levels of GDP per capita?

  10. Mongabay

    A town-wide ‘living laboratory’ shows how green spaces can combat climate extremes

  11. Good Good Good

    Researchers find honey bee hives have their own 'immune system'

  12. Mongabay

    As wildfires rage, Canadian researchers study the life that comes after

  13. Mongabay

    This flower smells like rotting flesh

  14. NASA

    Curiosity Blog, Sols 5043-5049: Preparing to Drill at ‘Nazca’

  15. NASA

    APOD: 2026 October 28 – The Mutual Occultation of Ganymede and Io

  16. Mongabay

    Persian leopards hang on in the Caucasus despite landmines

  17. today.ucsd.edu

    UC San Diego researchers identified a marine-derived molecule that kills Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba, faster and more selectively than existing drugs.

  18. Eos

    Twin Spacecraft Ready to Head for a Martian Escapade

  19. Anthropocene Magazine

    Less is more. So why does more feel greener? 9 studies probe the “sustainable additive bias”

  20. Mongabay

    Five new mussel species reveal how much biodiversity US rivers still conceal

  21. Yale Climate Connections

    Why whales are climate heroes — who also need our protection

  22. NASA

    APOD: 2026 October 27 – Noctilucent Clouds over Sweden

  23. NASA

    A-81 Reaches South Georgia

  24. NASA

    NASA’s Perseverance Views Dust at Neretva Vallis

  25. NASA

    Tinga’s Tale

  26. NASA

    NASA’s Perseverance Offers Clues to Protect Crews From Mars Dust

  27. Good News Network

    Tiny Scottish Island’s Little Historical Society Makes Massive Discovery

  28. bbc.com

    Research into birdwatching links the hobby to changes in brain activity and a slower rate of cognitive decline in older adults.

  29. khamai.bio

    A Mindo harlequin toad, a species declared extinct in 1989, has been rediscovered alive.

  30. Mongabay

    Rare bird finding strengthens case to protect Congo rainforest across borders

  31. Eos

    Antarctica’s Only Flowering Plants Take Opposite Paths Under Experimental Warming

  32. Mongabay

    Corals keep a record of pollution, pointing to a new monitoring method: Study

  33. Mongabay

    A millennium of evidence reveals colonial roots of Australia’s wildfire vulnerability

  34. NASA

    APOD: 2026 October 25 – Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe

  35. Good News Network

    Star Clusters in Van Gogh’s Starry Night Matches Taurus Sky From July 1889, Shows Study

  36. Mongabay

    Can a swamp stop an army?

  37. NASA

    APOD: 2026 October 24 – Rosetta’s Selfie

  38. Eos

    The Secrets of Acid Salt Lakes

  39. Eos

    Was the Moon-Forming Impact Squishy or Crunchy?

  40. ScienceAlert

    Researchers found that a decades-old heart treatment developed in the 1970s may also improve memory in Alzheimer's patients.