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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.
NASA says PRIMA will explore how planets, stars, galaxies and black holes form and evolve across cosmic time.
Science reports that a Science Advances study finds both approaches can reduce particulate emissions from aircraft.
A September 25, 2026, post claims Turkey allowed drilling near Mount Ararat and that a robotic drone made an unspecified discovery.
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.
Science says the system combines biomedical and clinical evidence in one platform and may help identify therapeutic opportunities that would otherwise be missed.
A September 25 post describes it as the first top-deck deluge test at the Starship launch mount at Florida's LC-39A.
The War Zone says NASA's chief teased a new X-plane with an image that resembled the iconic Blackbird.
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.
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.
NightSkyToday says a study suggests Earth’s atmosphere has slowly leaked hydrogen and oxygen into space—not liquid water pouring upward.
NIH says research it funded suggests non-invasive eye exams may reveal early vascular changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Medical Xpress reports that blocking the tissue-repair pathway markedly reduced the cancer’s spread to the liver in mice.
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.
SpaceNews reports progress on the Space Force’s missile-tracking satellite constellations in both low and medium Earth orbit.
NASA named its astronauts Kayla Barron and Chris Birch, JAXA astronaut Makoto Suwa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Arutyun Kiviryan to the four-person crew.
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.
Phys.org reports that students described the species, Jeanerpeton mazonensis, which was named in honor of their mothers.
A post mocks what it describes as a flight from California to New York to talk about climate.
Phys.org reports that the siblings had two altered copies of the FBN1 gene, with a variant that left some gene function intact.