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Updated : Oct 15, 2026

Orionid meteor shower peaks on October 21–22: How Indian families can plan a skywatching night without a telescope

The Orionid meteor shower peaks on October 21–22, but moonlight will affect the view. Use this guide to plan a dark-sky outing, check local conditions and set realistic expectations.

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the earliest supernova ever found, erupting just 730 million years after the universe’s birth, approximately five percent into cosmic history. (Photo: Nasa)

Updated : Oct 14, 2026

A radio flash from when the universe was only 3 billion years old: How Webb found the tiny galaxy behind it

Webb traced FRB 20240304B to a small galaxy from the universe’s early years. Explore how the burst was detected, what its young stars suggest and why its precise origin remains unconfirmed.

COP17 will address biodiversity funding, with countries aiming to mobilise $200 billion annually by 2030, including $30 billion in international public finance.

Updated : Oct 14, 2026

$500 billion in nature-harming subsidies: Can COP17 get governments to redirect the money?

COP17 will test whether governments can turn global biodiversity commitments into concrete action, including redirecting $500 billion in nature-harming subsidies. The key challenge is to reform financial incentives, strengthen accountability and mobilise funding without creating unintended economic and social costs.

Although the threats are global, their effects are unlikely to be distributed equally.

Updated : Oct 12, 2026

Humanity’s 2100 survival warning: These 17 catastrophic threats could devastate humanity

The commission's central warning is that humanity's biggest threats may not emerge from a single disaster. Instead, technological risks, geopolitical tensions, environmental degradation and preventable health conditions could reinforce one another, multiplying the damage over time.

The risk of infection-related cancer is not distributed evenly across the world. The IARC analysis found that 77% of infection-attributable cancer cases in 2024 occurred in low- and middle-income countries.

Updated : Oct 11, 2026

Cancer alert: 5 infections are linked to nearly 1 in 8 cases worldwide. What are they?

An estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024 — around 12% of the total — were attributable to infections, according to a new analysis by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization's specialised cancer research agency.

The oceans absorb most of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases, making sea surface temperatures an important indicator of the changing climate.

Updated : Oct 11, 2026

El Niño effect: September 2026 was world's second-hottest as global ocean temperatures set new record

Persistent El Niño conditions added to the warmth across the tropical Pacific, contributing to elevated global ocean temperatures. The findings point to a climate system under sustained pressure, with 2026 on course to rank among the five warmest years ever recorded.

Updated : Oct 7, 2026

Nobel Chemistry Prize 2026 goes to Henri B. Kagan, Kenso Soai. What is asymmetric autocatalysis?

Their work centres on chirality, a fundamental property of many molecules. Chiral molecules exist in two mirror-image forms, known as enantiomers

28-year-old researcher dies of mystery pneumonia in Russia. Biologist asks why pathogen remains unidentified

Updated : Oct 6, 2026

'Lethal, presumably transmissible pathogen': MIT professor on researcher's mysterious death in Russia

The obvious reason to lock down hospitals and deploy FSB agents and hazmat personnel, which Russia reportedly has done, is to contain a potentially transmissible biological agent before it spreads, says the professor

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen. (Photo: X/Nobel Prize)

Updated : Oct 6, 2026

Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen wins for IceCube Neutrino Observatory work

Located deep beneath the Antarctic ice, IceCube uses thousands of optical sensors to detect faint flashes of light created when neutrinos interact with the ice.

Updated : Oct 6, 2026

Can you spot Saturn from your terrace? What families in India can look for after its October opposition

Saturn reached opposition October 4. Use NASA's guidance to plan an Indian skywatching evening, find the planet and understand why its rings require optical equipment.

The roughly triangular specimen measures about 17 x 20 x 23 centimetres and weighs 10.22 kilograms. (AI generated image)

Updated : Oct 6, 2026

Found in 1939, used as a doorstop for decades: Michigan rock identified as meteorite

The specimen came under closer scrutiny after another meteorite fell near Hamburg, Michigan, in January 2018.

(From left to right) Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel

Updated : Oct 5, 2026

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 goes to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for optogenetics

The three scientists were recognised for discoveries that transformed neuroscience by allowing researchers to control specific cells using light.

Russia plague reports raise alarm as US scientist flags possible lab exposure

Updated : Oct 5, 2026

US scientist raises alarm over Russia plague outbreak reports: 'I have to say - I'm concerned'

A 28-year-old technician at an "anti-plague institute" reportedly broke a tube containing plague pathogen on September 25. She died on October 1 or 2. Nearly 200 people are now in medical isolation, according to US scientist Ashish Jha

The case centres on 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, a laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, near the Siberian city of Irkutsk.

Updated : Oct 5, 2026

Russia plague scare: Lab researcher dies, nearly 200 quarantined. What we know about the outbreak fears

The concern stems from the possibility of pneumonic plague. Bubonic plague, the form most commonly associated with the historic Black Death, is generally transmitted through infected fleas. Pneumonic plague is different because the infection develops in the lungs and can spread between people.

The disease can progress extremely rapidly. Following inhalation of infectious droplets, symptoms can begin in as little as one day.

Updated : Oct 5, 2026

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Orionid meteor shower peaks on October 21–22: How Indian families can plan a skywatching night without a telescope

A radio flash from when the universe was only 3 billion years old: How Webb found the tiny galaxy behind it

$500 billion in nature-harming subsidies: Can COP17 get governments to redirect the money?

Humanity’s 2100 survival warning: These 17 catastrophic threats could devastate humanity

Cancer alert: 5 infections are linked to nearly 1 in 8 cases worldwide. What are they?

El Niño effect: September 2026 was world's second-hottest as global ocean temperatures set new record

Nobel Chemistry Prize 2026 goes to Henri B. Kagan, Kenso Soai. What is asymmetric autocatalysis?

'Lethal, presumably transmissible pathogen': MIT professor on researcher's mysterious death in Russia

Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen wins for IceCube Neutrino Observatory work

Can you spot Saturn from your terrace? What families in India can look for after its October opposition

Found in 1939, used as a doorstop for decades: Michigan rock identified as meteorite

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 goes to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for optogenetics

US scientist raises alarm over Russia plague outbreak reports: 'I have to say - I'm concerned'

Russia plague scare: Lab researcher dies, nearly 200 quarantined. What we know about the outbreak fears

Russia plague outbreak scare: Pneumonic or bubonic? Key differences, symptoms & risks

Could the International Space Station win the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize? Experts think so

El Niño to dominate India’s post-monsoon season; neutral IOD raises rainfall concerns

Sleeping 7 hours but still tired? Why sleep quality matters as much as the hours you get

Can mRNA Covid vaccines boost cancer treatment? New study reveals a surprising link

Weight-loss drugs to gene editors: 5 ground-breaking scientific discoveries tipped for Nobel glory in 2026

Nobel Prize 2026 winners: Stage set for announcements from October 5. Check details

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