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NASA, Virginia Launch Power Partnership for Energy Security

NASA is helping to foster long-term energy security in Virginia. NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is partnering with the Virginia Department of Energy to support informed decisions for effective energy generation, delivery and use by providing solar, meteorological, and future weather risk datasets for energy system modeling and planning purposes. Under a new […]

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Oil price rises above $117 a barrel amid fears US will renew strikes on Iran

Brent crude increase follows Tehran threatening retaliatory attacks on Gulf refineries and datacentres Oil has hit its highest level in more than six months as fears of fresh escalation in the Middle East conflict grip the energy markets. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose by about 3.5% on Friday to pass $117 a barrel at one point – its highest level since April. Continue reading...

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SEC Announces Fiscal Year 2027 Examination Priorities

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the Division of Examinations’ Fiscal Year 2027 examination priorities. The annual report identifies key areas of focus as the Division carries out its mission to promote compliance, prevent fraud,…

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El Niño Then and Now

A 35-year satellite altimetry record lets scientists hold this year’s El Niño up against its strongest predecessors.

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Technology · United States

Brazil’s election and the battle for the Amazon – podcast

Our Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, heads to Roraima to hear what’s at stake for the rainforest and the communities that live there in the Brazilian presidential runoff on Sunday. Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.com For the Amazon and the communities who live there, the stakes in Sunday’s Brazilian presidential election runoff could scarcely be higher. Our Latin America…

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NASA Invites Media to 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium

Members of the media are invited to join NASA at the 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from Monday, Oct. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This year’s symposium is focused on humanity’s return to the Moon, sustainable lunar infrastructure, advanced space propulsion, and the evolving space workforce. Panels […]

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Spiral’s Edge

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Oct. 16, 2026, features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove. Hubble captured the image as part of a survey looking at 260 satellite galaxies around 22 Milky Way-like host galaxies within a radius of […]

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