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Two greenish comets are streaking across the night sky this month
The comets can be seen from the Northern Hemisphere as their orbits take them through our cosmic backyard.
After a summer respite, bird flu is back
In poultry, cases are spiking earlier than expected, so some officials are bracing for a challenging fall.
Rare images capture a comet from outside our solar system whizzing by Mars
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system. It has attracted intense interest.
Europe
Three scientists win chemistry Nobel for 'Hermione's handbag' discovery
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi shared the 2025 prize for the development of metal-organic frameworks.
Senate confirms scientist with ties to 'Sharpiegate' as top NOAA official
Neil Jacobs was assistant secretary for environmental observation at NOAA when Trump displayed a map altered with a black Sharpie to incorrectly show Hurricane Dorian's path.
Europe
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to U.S. trio for discoveries in quantum mechanics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded three scientists for their discoveries in quantum mechanics.
Europe
Americans win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on human immune system
Peripheral immune tolerance is one way the body helps keep the immune system from getting out of whack.
90 degrees in October: Dozens of heat records could be broken in the Midwest
Temperatures across the region are expected to be up to 30 degrees higher than normal Friday and Saturday.
$1M worth of coins recovered in Spanish shipwreck off Florida coast, treasure hunters say
The coins are part of the $400 million in worth of gold, silver and jewels lost in a 1715 Spanish shipwreck, the treasure hunters claimed.
Climate change
Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record
More than 1,000 small glaciers in Switzerland have already disappeared, experts said.
Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91
Goodall, who was 91, became famous first for her pioneering observations of chimpanzees in Tanzania.
