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• Paleontologists discovered 150-million-year-old tail bones in Spain, marking the first confirmed Diplodocus fossils found outside of North America. • Researchers used a synchrotron, a high-energy X-ray source, to create 3D images of the fossils and confirm their identity.

• French farmers tested a system of tilting solar panels flat over nectarine trees during forecast frost events in 2022 and 2023. • The method warmed flower buds by up to 1.7 degrees Celsius and reduced flower injury from 35 percent to under 10 percent.

• NASA is hosting the Third Early Career Workshop from September 22-24, 2026, to support scientists in the Physics of the Cosmos Program. • The event features a post-launch presentation on the Roman Space Telescope and a tutorial on the NASA Astrophysics Data System Science Explorer.

• The James Webb Space Telescope captured light from the first galaxies formed 13.5 billion years ago to study the early universe. • These findings challenge existing cosmological models, which are the mathematical frameworks used to explain the origin and evolution of the universe.

• NASA extended the planned operational lifespan of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to over 20 years following a super-precise engine burn. • The telescope was originally scheduled for a primary five-year mission followed by a five-year extension.

• A 2026 United Nations report indicates that global warming is on track to soon exceed the 1.5-degree Celsius limit. • This threshold was originally established as a critical target by the Paris Agreement to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.

• The United States launched a V-2 rocket carrying a monkey named Albert III on September 16, 1949. • The rocket exploded during the flight, resulting in the death of the animal passenger.

• Scientists have discovered that the long-standing climatic link between the Indian and Pacific oceans is breaking down due to human-caused global warming. • Ancient climate records indicate that while volcanic eruptions disrupted this relationship in the past, the current shift is exceptional and driven by rising temperatures.

• Researchers dredging off the coast of Iceland in 2006 collected and froze an ocean quahog clam that had lived for over 500 years. • A count of 507 annual shell rings determined the clam, nicknamed Ming, was born around 1499.

• Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover that the ring system of the small solar system body Chariklo is changing. • Researchers noted that the ability to detect these changes provides a new window for understanding how these systems evolve.

• The Hubble and James Webb space telescopes identified 27 new small objects orbiting the sun in the distant region beyond Neptune. • These observations required the telescopes to operate at the absolute limit of their technical capabilities to detect the tiny objects.