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A long-duration photograph taken from the International Space Station shows star trails above Earth, with fishing-boat lights and Indonesian city lights visible below during an orbit 258 miles above the Banda Sea on Sept. 20, 2026.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst yet seen, a small dwarf galaxy whose youthful stars hint that magnetars, not neutron-star mergers, may produce these flashes.
More than 14,000 children across 62 schools and learning centres in Dhading, Nuwakot and Rasuwa have had their education disrupted, UNICEF says, as it supports temporary learning centres and calls for sustained recovery investment.
New respect orders came into force across England and Wales on 26 October 2026, giving police and councils stronger powers against repeat adult antisocial behaviour offenders, the Home Office said.
Britain's Defence Secretary Wes Streeting met Polish counterpart Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz in Warsaw to set out the first phase of defence cooperation under a new UK-Poland treaty, covering air defence, drones, cyber and industry.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission was scheduled to lift off at 11:10 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, with a timeline of crew preparations and post-liftoff events.
NASA announced a metascience push expanding dual anonymous peer review and a fellowship program for 10 doctoral students, presented alongside the White House science summit in Washington.
NASA reported on Oct. 1, 2026, that Crew-13 remained on schedule, with Falcon 9 second-stage fuel loading complete and liquid oxygen loading under way about 20 minutes before the planned liftoff.
Tests on 50 seized counterfeit cosmetics found potentially harmful substances in four in ten, the Intellectual Property Office said as it launched its Face the Fakes campaign to warn shoppers about fake beauty products.
Dr Rachel Emma-Jane Fentem CMG has been appointed His Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, succeeding Colin James Crooks LVO, who is leaving the Diplomatic Service. The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said she takes up the post in March 2027.
NASA released a James Webb Space Telescope image on Sept. 29, 2026, showing the galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300, where gravitational lensing bends and magnifies light from galaxies far behind the cluster.
NASA's launch blog reported that SpaceX's Falcon 9 reached first stage main engine cutoff and stage separation, with the first stage heading for a landing at Cape Canaveral.
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