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APOD: 2026 October 12 – Jupiter And The Moons
NASA’s Oct. 12 Astronomy Picture of the Day features Jupiter’s four Galilean moons aligned above Earth’s Moon during a recent occultation.
Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [Pdf]
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Search interest in Terence Tao’s “Math 2.0” PDF appears to be rising, but the reason for the attention is unconfirmed.
The Lightbulb Computer
A September 2026 design project shows a projector-and-camera concept for shared, hands-free computing, but says a consumer device is not ready.
APOD: 2026 October 10 – Lunar Farside
NASA’s October 10, 2026 Astronomy Picture of the Day features a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mosaic of the Moon’s cratered farside.
Pointing AI At Archives Found A Forgotten Meteorite, Lost Rhinos, And More
A software engineer used AI to search historical archives, identifying a meteorite report, three rhinoceros records and possible volcanic eruptions.
NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies
NASA’s KREPE-3 experiment sent 12 instrumented capsules aboard a departing cargo spacecraft to collect heat-shield data during atmospheric re-entry.
APOD: 2026 October 8 – The Saturn System Smörgåsbord
NASA’s Oct. 8 Astronomy Picture of the Day explains how Tom Williams captured Saturn and its moons, shortly after the planet’s opposition.
Margaret Hamilton, Computing Pioneer Who Led Software Development For The Apollo Program, Dies At 90
Margaret Hamilton, who led MIT’s Apollo flight-software team and helped establish software engineering, died Sept. 30 at age 90.
NASA Testing Aims At Supercooled Large Droplet Aviation Safety
NASA is testing droplet-measurement equipment in its Icing Research Tunnel to improve understanding of supercooled large droplet icing.
