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Artificial Analysis launches Terminal-Bench-Science leaderboard

Artificial Analysis says GPT-6 Astra (max) leads at 63%, followed by Claude Opus 5.5 (xhigh) at 62%, on a benchmark of 70 expert-curated scientific research tasks.

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NASA advances PRIMA far-infrared space telescope to Phase B

NASA says PRIMA will explore how planets, stars, galaxies and black holes form and evolve across cosmic time.

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The NASA “meatball” logo, showing a blue circle with white stars and a white orbital path, crossed by a red aerodynamic swoosh. The word “NASA” appears in bold white letters at the center. The logo sits against a solid black background.

Sustainable fuels and lean-burn engines could substantially cut aircraft particle pollution

Science reports that a Science Advances study finds both approaches can reduce particulate emissions from aircraft.

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Drilling reportedly began at a suspected Noah’s Ark site in Turkey

A September 25, 2026, post claims Turkey allowed drilling near Mount Ararat and that a robotic drone made an unspecified discovery.

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Electron completes prelaunch rehearsal ahead of its 97th launch

Rocket Lab says the launch window for “Owlright Owlright Owlright” opens September 26, 2026, at 00:15 UTC—8:15 p.m. EDT on September 25.

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Virtual Biotech aims to inform drug-development decisions with multi-agent AI

Science says the system combines biomedical and clinical evidence in one platform and may help identify therapeutic opportunities that would otherwise be missed.

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SpaceX reportedly tests Starship launch mount's top-deck deluge at LC-39A

A September 25 post describes it as the first top-deck deluge test at the Starship launch mount at Florida's LC-39A.

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An SR-71 Blackbird is reportedly missing after NASA's X-plane tease

The War Zone says NASA's chief teased a new X-plane with an image that resembled the iconic Blackbird.

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First-ever radio signals from an exoplanet reportedly detected

Latest in Space identifies the planet as Beta Pictoris b, 63 light-years away, and says its magnetic field is 2,500 times stronger than Earth's.

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Armadillosuchus and Caryonosuchus reportedly reclassified as Sphagesaurus

A post describes a study finding that the fossils defining the two names are not distinct enough from a reference specimen of Sphagesaurus to remain separate.

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Earth may have been sending water’s ingredients to the Moon for billions of years

NightSkyToday says a study suggests Earth’s atmosphere has slowly leaked hydrogen and oxygen into space—not liquid water pouring upward.

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Eye exams may detect early blood vessel changes linked to Alzheimer’s

NIH says research it funded suggests non-invasive eye exams may reveal early vascular changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

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A close-up of an eye against a blue background, accompanied by text that reads: "STUDY: EYE EXAMINATIONS MAY PREDICT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE BEFORE SYMPTOMS APPEAR." The National Institutes of Health (NIH) logo is at the bottom.

High-fat diet reportedly activated a pathway that helps colon cancer spread to the liver in mice

Medical Xpress reports that blocking the tissue-repair pathway markedly reduced the cancer’s spread to the liver in mice.

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Perseverance reportedly finds complex organic carbon in Mars mudstones

A post summarizing 2026 rover findings also describes rocks in Jezero Crater altered by water at least three times. It stresses that the complex carbon is not proof of life.

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Space Force missile-tracking constellations reportedly advance

SpaceNews reports progress on the Space Force’s missile-tracking satellite constellations in both low and medium Earth orbit.

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Crew-14 team named for space station launch no earlier than March 2027

NASA named its astronauts Kayla Barron and Chris Birch, JAXA astronaut Makoto Suwa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Arutyun Kiviryan to the four-person crew.

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The four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-14 mission stand in their flight suits, white with black trim, and smile at the camera. Credit: SpaceX

Anthropic scientists announce their first finding: enzymes with unknown function

The New York Times reports the enzyme finding, but a critic sharing the story calls it “trivial” and objects to a headline portraying AI as teaching itself biology.

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309-million-year-old fossil recognized as a distinct early amphibian ancestor

Phys.org reports that students described the species, Jeanerpeton mazonensis, which was named in honor of their mothers.

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Cross-country flying for climate talks draws criticism

A post mocks what it describes as a flight from California to New York to talk about climate.

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First documented feline Marfan syndrome cases reported in two brothers

Phys.org reports that the siblings had two altered copies of the FBN1 gene, with a variant that left some gene function intact.

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