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NASA Parker Solar Probe flying through the Sun’s corona during its record breaking close approach

An unprecedented view of the Sun is about to arrive: the Parker probe passed through the solar atmosphere at approximately 429,000 miles per hour (mph) and recorded data that could solve one of science’s oldest mysteries

By ECONEWS
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February 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
India SpaDeX satellites performing first in orbit docking maneuver developed by ISRO in 2025

India joins the most exclusive club in space: it has achieved its first docking between satellites in orbit and is already dreaming of having its own space station by 2035

By ECONEWS
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February 28, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Illustration of asteroid 2024 YR4 approaching the Moon in a potential 2032 impact scenario

NASA and China warn that the Moon could be hit by a 60-meter rock and that the impact could trigger a meteor storm that would knock out the Internet, satellites, and GPS for years

By Adrian Villellas
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February 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Monte Conero limestone slab showing fossilized Cretaceous sea turtle trackways

The day when dozens of sea turtles panicked and fled at full speed under the sea 79 million years ago: Italian climbers have just found their perfectly preserved footprints after an avalanche caused by a prehistoric earthquake

By ECONEWS
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February 27, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Exeed Liefeng concept car showcasing solid state battery technology with 1,500 kilometer range target

China promises the “holy grail” of electric vehicles in 2026: an Exeed with a solid-state battery that would exceed 1,500 km and, according to the company, withstand temperatures as low as -30 °C

By ECONEWS
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February 27, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Archaeological remains of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio basilica uncovered beneath Piazza Andrea Costa

Excavating beneath an Italian square, they finally uncover Vitruvius’ lost building: the basilica described in 19 BC comes to life in the 21st century

By Adrian Villellas
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February 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
F-35 fighter jet in flight as the United States pressures Canada over its 88 aircraft purchase and the future of NORAD.

US ambassador Pete Hoekstra warns NORAD “would have to be altered” if Canada drops its purchase of 88 F-35s

By ECONEWS
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February 27, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Giant Siphonophore filmed at 6,000 meters by a remotely operated vehicle off Australia

They lowered a robot to 6,000 meters, and what appeared on the camera looked like something from another planet: a 15-meter translucent “creature” floating in total darkness

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
CHIEF1900 hypergravity centrifuge installed underground at Zhejiang University, designed to simulate extreme gravitational forces.

China is building a giant hypergravity centrifuge capable of accelerating processes that take centuries to complete in nature

By Adrian Villellas
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February 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Aerial view of the Colombian Amazon rainforest, now declared free of new hydrocarbon and mega mining projects.

Colombia declares its entire Amazon region free of new oil, gas and large-scale mining projects

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Open pit view of the Dadonggou gold mine in Liaoning, where China identified a 1,444 ton gold deposit.

China finds 1,444 tons of gold at Liaoning’s Dadonggou mine, its largest gold discovery since 1949

By Adrian Villellas
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February 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency radar facility under the northern lights in the Arctic

The United States grew tired of the northern lights “blinding” its radars and in 2026 launched FROSTY, a DARPA plan to turn that Arctic noise into its new surveillance weapon

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Chinese researchers covering Dagu Glacier with white geotextile blankets to slow ice melting in Sichuan

In 2019, China did something that seems crazy: “cover” glaciers with giant blankets. Now, in 2026, data shows how much they actually slow down melting

By Adrian Villellas
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February 26, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Ukrainian technicians inspect the wreckage of a Geran-5 drone, revealing foreign electronic components inside

A Geran-5 is shot down, and what Ukraine finds inside looks like a kind of military globalization: a Chinese TELEFLY turbojet engine, carbon fiber, and foreign chips in a drone carrying a 90 kg payload

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Researcher standing in a shallow Mediterranean temporary pond in São Marcos da Ataboeira, Castro Verde, Portugal after heavy rain

They look like puddles, but Portugal’s temporary ponds revive tadpole shrimp with a 100-million-year lineage every time it rains

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Deep sea image of thousands of pearl octopuses gathered at a hydrothermal nursery site near Davidson Seamount.

At a depth of 3.2 km and next to a volcano, they have recorded the largest octopus nursery on the planet, the size of 233 soccer fields and full of incubating mothers

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus structure after power outage affecting cooling systems

Chernobyl temporarily loses power after attacks on Ukraine’s grid; the IAEA says the risk is very low

By ECONEWS
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February 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Ancient Aboriginal rock art showing a large seafaring vessel with human figures in northern Australia

A study of 2,400 genomes suggests the first humans reached Australia about 60,000 years ago

By ECONEWS
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February 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Unitree G1 humanoid robot walking on snow at -47.4 °C in Xinjiang during an extreme cold endurance test

A Chinese humanoid robot has just made history at -47.4 °C, taking more than 130,000 steps on the ice in Xinjiang and even “drawing” an Olympic emblem

By Adrian Villellas
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February 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Collage showing plastic pollution in the ocean, including a sea turtle entangled in fishing net and hermit crabs using plastic as shelter

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is becoming a floating continent populated by marine creatures

By Adrian Villellas
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February 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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