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15 storiesNobel medicine prize awarded to three scientists for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-sensitive ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Committee announced in Stockholm. The three sh…
UAE becomes first Arab state to join Antarctic research body SCAR
The UAE has joined the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research as an associate member, becoming the first Arab state to do so in the body's 68-year history. The membership was approved in August 2026 during SCAR Delegates Meetings held a…
Sun records M1.0 solar flare, largest in a month
An M1.0 class solar flare was recorded on the Sun, the largest since September 5, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The flare occurred around 22:00 Moscow time, R…
Strong solar flare reported on the Sun, Russian agencies say
A strong solar flare occurred on the Sun, according to Russian state news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti. TASS said it was the first strong flare since the beginning of September and was of the penultimate class of power. RIA Novosti describ…
NASA delays Crew Dragon undocking from ISS to no earlier than 7 October
NASA and SpaceX have postponed the undocking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft of the Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, TASS, iXBT and Interfax reported. The departure was originally expected on 5 October and is now set for …
Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel win 2026 Nobel medicine prize for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to US scientist Karl Deisseroth and German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control individual nerve cells in t…
Magnetic storm that sparked auroras over Russia ends, institutes say
A magnetic storm recorded on Earth on 4 October ended on Monday 5 October, the laboratory of solar astronomy of the Space Research Institute (IKI) and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISZF) said, according to Interfax and iXBT. T…
UAE-built asteroid probe reaches flight readiness ahead of 2028 launch
The UAE has unveiled a UAE-built probe for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, saying it has reached flight readiness. The probe will fly aboard the MBR Explorer, scheduled to launch from Japan in March 2028 on an eight-year, roughly…
New air analyzer on ISS can detect 35 trace impurities, Roscosmos says
A new instrument has begun operating on the International Space Station that automatically monitors air composition and identifies up to 35 trace impurities, according to Roscosmos and the tech outlet iXBT. The gas analyzer was delivered by…
Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov takes command of ISS from NASA’s Jessica Meir
Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov took command of the International Space Station on 4 October, succeeding NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, who handed him a symbolic key during a ceremony broadcast by NASA. Dubrov said the date carried special m…
Garry Popov, developer of electric rocket engines, dies at 91
Garry Alekseevich Popov, described by Russian outlets as an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the creator of a new generation of electric propulsion engines for spacecraft, has died. TASS said he was 91; RBC, citing the Ros…
Medieval silver hoard weighing over 2 kg found in Leningrad Oblast
Russian archaeologists found a medieval hoard of silver items dating from the 10th to 14th centuries at the Tiversky Gorodok site in the Leningrad Oblast, the Ministry of Education and Science said. The hoard weighs more than 2 kg and, by p…
Sheikh Hamdan attends unveiling of UAE-built probe for asteroid belt mission
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Supreme Space Council, witnessed the unveiling of the probe for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt. The probe was developed, assembled and te…
Hong Kong researchers develop yeast-and-gelatin building material for Mars
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a biological building material that could potentially be used to build structures on Mars, made from genetically modified yeast, a gelatin hydrogel and sand or other granular particles. In an experime…
UAE-built Altair-1 satellite reaches orbit as first of 10-satellite constellation
Altair-1, described by the outlets as the first commercial satellite built in the UAE, launched aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It deployed, acquired a signal and is now in co…