Whole‑genome analysis shows Native Hawaiians share the closest genetic ties with Easter Island, indicating a historic seafaring migration across the Pacific.
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NASA formally closed the OSIRIS‑REx mission on Sept. 30 after a decade of engineering feats, delivering the largest asteroid sample ever returned and preparing the spacecraft for a new target.
SpaceX lifted its Starfall return capsule for a second flight on the Bandwagon‑5 rideshare, deploying 32 payloads from Cape Canaveral and landing the first stage on a drone ship.
A new study shows that brief contact with healthy corals can rapidly reverse bleaching, offering a potential new tool for reef recovery.
After the Spokane Complex fires, thousands of fire‑beetles arrived on burned ground, while research shows planned burns can reduce tick numbers by up to 98%.
The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak on the night of Oct. 21‑22, but cloud cover and rain could limit viewing in parts of the Rockies, West Coast and Northeast.
Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer who led the team that built the Apollo Guidance Computer, has died at 90, leaving a lasting legacy in computing and spaceflight.
SpaceX will lift its uncrewed Starfall re‑entry capsule aboard the Bandwagon‑5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral before dawn on Monday.
Japan's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will launch in October, land on Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of material and bring the first Martian‑system samples back to Earth in 2031.
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev urged humanity to see Earth from orbit, stressing its fragility after the eight‑month Crew‑12 mission.