Category: World & Technology
Dated, source-linked briefings on global news, technology and the developments behind the headlines.
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November Meteor Watching: How to Choose Between the Taurids and Leonids
NASA’s November 2026 meteor calendar: compare Taurids and Leonids, check peak dates, plan a safe dark-sky outing and understand realistic viewing rates.
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Voyager 1 and the Light-Day Milestone: How Long a Reply Takes
NASA’s November guide highlights Voyager 1 approaching a distance of one light-day. A light-day measures distance: it is how far light travels in 24 hours.
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NASA’s CHAPEA Crew Has Finished a Simulated Mars Mission: What That Means
NASA reports that the four-person CHAPEA crew finished its simulated Mars journey on 31 October. The crew had spent more than a year in the Earth-based exercise.
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Why NASA’s Twin ESCAPADE Spacecraft Will Swing Past Earth on Their Way to Mars
NASA says its two Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft are preparing for powered flybys past Earth. The agency describes the manoeuvre as a first for its spacecraft.
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Where Did the Oxygen Go? What Hubble Found in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies
NASA reports that an analysis of nearby gas-rich dwarf galaxies found much less oxygen than their stars are estimated to have produced.
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The ISS Power Upgrade: What the Final Roll-Out Solar Array Spacewalk Is For
NASA’s 4 November station update says mission managers cleared two astronauts for a Thursday spacewalk to install the eighth and final roll-out solar array in this upgrade.
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What India’s CPI Inflation Rate Tells You About Prices
How to read India’s consumer price index, annual inflation and the difference between slower inflation and falling prices.
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What the UN Food Waste Index Measures and How to Run a One-Week Household Check
A source-linked guide to the Food Waste Index and a simple way to measure your own household waste.
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PM-SETU in Assam: What the 2 November Skilling Announcement Confirms—and What Comes Next
The Guwahati programme links tourism and hospitality skilling with ITI transformation. Read the MoU and letters of intent separately from course admissions or job offers.
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NASA’s 2026 ISAM Report: Why a Space-Servicing Prototype Is Not a Flight-Proven System
NASA describes its 368-page ISAM capability reference. The key reading question is what exists, where it has been demonstrated and what the evidence supports.