NASA’s October 13, 2026 Astronomy Picture of the Day features a July 2025 composite of a sculpture beneath the Milky Way in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
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APOD: 2026 October 12 – Jupiter And The Moons
NASA’s Oct. 12 APOD features a sequence of exposures capturing Jupiter’s four Galilean moons alongside Earth’s Moon during an occultation.
Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [Pdf]
A search-interest signal points to Terence Tao’s “Math 2.0” PDF, but the supplied source does not confirm a new event or explain the interest.
APOD: 2026 October 10 – Lunar Farside
NASA’s Oct. 10, 2026 Astronomy Picture of the Day features a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mosaic of the Moon’s battered farside.
Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Helped Land Apollo 11 On The Moon, Dies At 90
MIT says Margaret Hamilton, who led software work for NASA’s Apollo missions, died Sept. 30. Her team’s code helped Apollo 11 land safely on the Moon.
Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2026 To Henri B. Kagan And Kenso Soai
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai receive the 2026 Chemistry Nobel for discoveries on autocatalysis and mirror-image molecules in chemical reactions.
Curiosity Blog, Sols 5029-5035: Back In The Lab
Curiosity completed CheMin work on a Basque Lakes sample and prepared it for SAM analysis, while continuing limited imaging and environmental monitoring.
NASA To Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live
NASA plans live coverage of Crew-12’s Oct. 7 station departure and Oct. 8 California splashdown, with timing subject to weather and mission readiness.
Competitive Programmer’s Handbook (2018) [Pdf]
A 2018 CSES PDF presents a structured guide to algorithms and problem solving for competitive programming; its current status is unclear.
‘Neanderthals Among Us’ Review
Peter Sahlins traces how science and popular culture shaped Neanderthal images, from racial hierarchy and brutes to shared human ancestry.