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Wednesday 30 September 2026

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Help Overlap Zoo Reveal Cosmic Dust

Galaxies, vast collections of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity, are scattered across the immensity of space. But every so often, a coincidence occurs: Two galaxies line up from our point of view on Earth (or from a space telescope) and appear to overlap in the sky. These rare overlapping galaxies […]

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NASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon Base

NASA selected three new scientific investigations and their payload suites to advance our knowledge of the Moon and help pave the way for building humanity’s first lunar outpost, Moon Base. The suite of science instruments and technologies was selected through NASA’s Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) program and will […]

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NASA Awards Contract to Develop 5G Communications for Moon

NASA has awarded Modulate Space Corporation a contract to develop key elements of a 5G communications system for use on the lunar surface with built-in Wi-Fi 6, for NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This accelerated effort is organized into two primary work areas that together will develop a scalable, standards-based communications capability designed to […]

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Star Trails

This long-duration image shows star trails above Earth and the blue lights of fishing boats and the yellow lights of Indonesian cities stretching below the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Banda Sea on Sept. 20, 2026. Image credit: NASA/Anil Menon

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Mogwai and Iggy Pop Collaborate on New Track, ‘Underground’

It appears on a new retrospective compilation of Mogwai's work, celebrating 30 years of the band Photo by Steve Gullick Mogwai have teamed up with Iggy Pop for a new track, 'Underground'. The track's release comes alongside news of a new retrospective compilation celebrating 30 years of Mogwai, called Happy Tears. It features highlights and rarities from across the band's discography, including a…

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Kali Malone Releases New Song, ‘My Eve My Dawn’

It's the second track to be shared from forthcoming album Burning Song Photo by Kingsley Ifill Kali Malone has released a new song, titled 'My Eve My Dawn'. It's the second track to be shared from forthcoming album Burning Song, which was announced earlier this month alongside the unveiling of lead track 'Heavy With Fruit'. Listen to 'My Eve My Dawn' below. Marking Malone first LP of solo composi…

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David Sylvian Details New Album, ‘The Distance Between The Killer And The Killing’

It's the artist's first album in over a decade David Sylvian has shared details of a new album, The Distance Between The Killer And The Killing. Comprised of recording sessions dating from 2012 to 2025, it marks the artist's first album in over a decade. The LP is based on recomposed improvisational sessions with musicians such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Otomo Yoshihide, Bilianna Voutchkova, Miako Klei…

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Andy Stott Shares New Track, ‘Songbird’

It's the second cut to be unveiled from forthcoming album Late Loop Andy Stott has shared a new track, called 'Songbird'. It's the second cut to be lifted from forthcoming album Late Loop, which the UK artist announced earlier this month alongside lead track 'Something In Mind'. Like that song, 'Songbird' features vocals from Elaine Howley. Howley provides vocals for four tracks on Late Loop, whi…

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The Fall Reveal Final Studio Album, ‘Post Script’

The LP has been built from archival vocal recordings of late frontman Mark E Smith dating from 2001 to 2014 The Fall are releasing their "definitive" final studio album, Post Script. Coming nine years on from 2017's New Facts Emerge, the band's 32nd studio LP was built from archival vocal recordings of late frontman Mark E Smith dating from 2001 to 2014. The musical backing was completed by long-…

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The Flaming Lips Unveil 20th Anniversary Reissue of ‘At War With The Mystics’

The deluxe box set includes unreleased demos and studio recordings, as well as various non-album cuts The Flaming Lips are reissuing their 2006 album At War With The Mystics to mark its 20th anniversary. Available in 6xCD, 6xLP and digital editions, the deluxe reissue features the full original album, as well as 19 previously unreleased demo tracks, 14 previously unreleased studio recordings, and…

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Popol Vuh Score for 1974 Werner Herzog Film to Get First Official Release

The Great Ecstasy Of Woodcarver Steiner also features reworks of their tracks by james K, ML Buch and Lorenzo Senni Popol Vuh's soundtrack to Werner Herzog's 1974 film The Great Ecstasy Of Woodcarver Steiner is getting a long-awaited official release. The score had previously only been available to listen to via fan-made audio recordings, but will now get a first-time vinyl and digital release. I…

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“We’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot” over hack fallout, says OpenAI’s chief research officer

Two months after the bombshell news that a swarm of its agents had broken their containment and hacked into the computers of the AI company Hugging Face, OpenAI is still putting out fires. A steady drip of disclosures about other hacks in the weeks since has kept OpenAI in the spotlight and raised serious questions…

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Susanne Sundfør on Julian of Norwich

Ahead of her new album which touches on the fear, power and ecstasy of childbirth, the Norwegian musician explains her fierce interest in a Medieval English anchoress. Words: Jude Rogers. Church photography: Eirik Havnes Revelations of Divine Love by Susanne Sundfør with Kit Downes If you know Susanne Sundfør’s shapeshifting back catalogue, it will be unsurprising to hear she’s made an album of d…

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Gilla Band – Pugnello

Gilla Band Pugnello Dublin rock band deliver their most punishing record to date Pugnello by Gilla Band Have you ever heard a song for the first time and felt a shiver run so deep it took the floor with it? That, for me, is the first seconds of Pugnello, and it hardly relents from there. Dara Kiely comes in screaming on ‘The Angelus’, all scalded shriek, hollering about Bananas in Pyjamas and Gar…

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APOD: 2026 September 30 – Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 30 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Arp 78: Peculiar […]

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