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Veterinary medicine Oct 20, 2026

Over 60% of Connecticut horses exposed to Leptospira bacteria, study finds

Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira bacteria and can affect humans and animals, including horses.

Environment Oct 20, 2026

Cost-analysis tool allows coastal communities to see and estimate benefits of investing in storm-protection measures

Today, as part of the official release of California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have launched a platform, data and tools that community leaders can use to estimate ...

Space Exploration Oct 20, 2026

The Orionid meteor shower is coming. Here's how and when to watch

The Orionids—one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley's Comet—will peak this week, though a large moon will dim visibility until after it sets late at night.

Space Exploration Oct 20, 2026

Lucy mission marks 5 years of discoveries

On Oct. 16, 2021, NASA's Lucy spacecraft began its journey to the never-before-explored Jupiter Trojan asteroids with an early morning launch. Now less than a year away from the first-ever close-up of a Trojan, the Southwest ...

Space Exploration Oct 20, 2026

Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples

A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples.

Planetary Sciences Oct 19, 2026

Japan to launch world-first mission to moon of Mars

Japanese scientists will launch a spacecraft on Tuesday that aims to be the first to retrieve samples from one of Mars' moons, potentially helping unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.

Planetary Sciences Oct 19, 2026

Enigmatic Mercury will remain a puzzle until someone sends a lander

Mercury remains one of our solar system's most elusive and difficult planets to study. It's easier to send probes to the icy moons of Saturn or Jupiter, or even to Pluto, than to land on our innermost planet, Mercury.

Space Exploration Oct 19, 2026

A historical society with pilot's help bought Neil Armstrong's boyhood home and will offer tours

Ken Schreiber was 9 when Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon in 1969—a moment he would never forget. Like Armstrong, he too became a military fighter pilot.

Space Exploration Oct 18, 2026

Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon

Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that could help unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth, in what aims to be the first round trip to the Martian region.

Space Exploration Oct 18, 2026

Japan's MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars's moon Phobos

A Japanese space mission is about to launch towards Mars. But it will not land on the planet itself. Instead, the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission will focus on Phobos, the bigger of Mars's two small moons.

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