NPR News: Pennsylvania says an unvaccinated woman has died from measles-related complications

Pennsylvania says an unvaccinated woman has died from measles-related complications
Pennsylvania has announced its third measles-related death in less than three weeks. A local coroner says the 40-year-old woman was unvaccinated.

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NPR News: Actor Tatyana Ali advocating for Black and Indigenous maternal health

Actor Tatyana Ali advocating for Black and Indigenous maternal health
Actor Tatyana Ali says her healing journey after a traumatic childbirth has inspired her advocacy for Black maternal health, including support for midwives, doulas and other birth workers.

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APOD: 2026 September 13 – Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 13 –… 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. To view this […]

September 12, 2026 at 08:00PM
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NPR News: A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived

A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
The best preserved feather from the age of the dinosaurs was just revealed — and it was inside a blob of fossilized poop. That feather is from an aquatic bird that lived 66 million years ago.

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Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor

How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real? A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out – and by doing so, to help missions like Euclid and NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope answer fundamental […]

September 10, 2026 at 08:00PM
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NASA’s Chandra Spots Galactic Gem

Two galaxies merge at a furious rate in this Aug. 25, 2026, image of the II Zw 096 system. This and several other images of both visually and scientifically interesting galaxies were released by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. Chandra X-ray data (magenta) pinpoint powerful black hole activity and hot gas, while optical […]

September 10, 2026 at 08:00PM
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return

Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 2:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 16, from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will discuss their upcoming return to Earth. Learn where […]

September 10, 2026 at 08:00PM
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