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· 2026-10-09T16:03:52+00:00Mobula rays can jump over two meters out of the water and remain airborne for several seconds. The reason for this behavior is still unknown, but hypotheses include attracting mates, removing parasites, long-distance communication, or just to have fun.
· 2026-10-09T23:18:06+00:00Communities on the U.S. Gulf Coast are preparing for Hurricane Isaias, now a Category 3 hurricane, to make landfall Friday between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. As of 6 p.m. ET on Friday, Hurricane Isaias had 115 mph max sustained winds. ABC News' Stephanie Ramos reports from Florida.
· 2026-10-09T23:21:30+00:00Intensity map of the #earthquake M4.3 that occurred at 22:45:12 (UTC) with epicenter 47 km from San Juan Bautista, Panama. Download the Sismo Detector app from sismo.app/es/download to receive real-time alerts on your smartphone
AI visual note: The image is an intensity map showing the reach of an M4.3 earthquake across Panama, with concentric colored rings (ranging from Intensity II to IV.5) radiating outward from the epicenter near Península de Azuero, with the most intense shaking (IV.5) centered around Cativá and decreasing intensity toward Panama City, Chitré, and Nuevo Gorgas. The map includes labeled cities such as Las Palmas, Santiago, Penonomé, and Las Tablas, with a scale bar of 20 km/20 mi, illustrating how seismic intensity diminished with distance from the epicenter.
· 2026-10-09T23:18:58+00:00Mapa de intensidad del #sismo M5.3 ocurrido a las 23:10:05 (UTC) con epicentro a 23 km de #Panamá, Panamá. Descarga la app Sismo Detector desde sismo.app/es/download para recibir alertas en tiempo real en tu smartphone
AI visual note: A shake map showing the intensity contours of an M5.3 earthquake that struck near Panama City, Panama, with the epicenter marked by a red star and intensity levels ranging from II (weakest) to III.8 (strongest) across the region, matching the post describing the seismic event.
· 2026-10-09T23:22:11+00:00A dramatic celestial sight! The peculiar galaxy NGC 3256, located in the constellation Vela, formed from the merging of two galaxies about 122 million light-years from Earth. (Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA)
AI visual note: A stunning Hubble image captures NGC 3256, a peculiar galaxy formed from the merger of two galaxies approximately 122 million light-years away in the constellation Vela, displaying distorted spiral arms and bright star-forming regions set against a backdrop of countless distant stars.
· 2026-10-09T23:20:20+00:00SpaceX to make another attempt to launch 21 data satellites for the Space Development Agency. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:39 a.m. PDT (3:39 EDT / 0739 UTC): spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/09/spa …
AI visual note: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the American flag stands vertically on the launch pad at night, with venting visible at its base, awaiting its scheduled liftoff to deliver 21 satellites for the Space Development Agency.
· 2026-10-09T21:41:40+00:00A visitor from the stars
· 2026-10-09T23:22:37+00:00BREAKING — Waves from the Gulf of America are SLAMMING into Destin, Florida as Hurricane Isaias prepares to make landfall as a Category 3. Wind speeds are currently exceeding 115mph Once the winds turn onshore, a life-threatening storm surge will arrive.
· 2026-10-08T22:08:34.959000+00:00Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
· 2026-10-09T22:45:21+00:00There have to be a crazy amount of macrobursts happening in the right front quadrant of #Isaías. It's like a “punch effect”. Like a bomb going off in your neighborhood. Hundreds of macrobursts hit during Hurricane Rita in East Creole, where I grew up in Lower Cameron. Of course,
· 2026-10-09T22:38:11+00:00Hurricane Isaias’s northern eyewall is pushing ashore between Pensacola and Panama Beach, bringing 100+ MPH winds and torrential rain that could trigger life-threatening flash flooding. @JimCantore
· 2026-10-09T23:00:43+00:00Water levels are already rising due to Hurricane #Isaias across southeastern Louisiana eastward to the western Florida Panhandle. View real-time water level and meteorological data at: tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/inundationdb/c …
AI visual note: A NOAA tracking map titled 'Hurricane Isaias' showing the storm's projected path through the Gulf Coast region toward the southeastern United States, with weather stations marked across the area.
· 2026-10-09T22:13:38+00:00MAJOR Earthquake hits Central America... Significant Aftershocks continue.... youtu.be/DeeBHBviOQ8?si … via @YouTube
· 2026-10-09T21:31:37+00:00Possible UAP keeping up speed with the ISS, I believe in order to observe and scan. Unbelievable footage!
· 2026-10-09T22:29:29+00:00Widespread power outages likely for portions of the Western Florida Panhandle into Southern Alabama & Southwestern Georgia tonight. GRAF Model Power Outage Threat. #Isaias #flwx #alwx #gawx
· 2026-10-09T22:53:16+00:00EXTREME WIND WARNINGS ISSUED! strong hurricane force wind gust of 115mph+ for Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa County Florida. The eyewall of Isaias is approaching the coastline. this warning last until 8:45pm. Take shelter NOW
AI visual note: A WKRG 5 First Alert Storm Team weather map titled 'EXTREME WIND WARNING RIGHT NOW' showing orange-shaded affected areas including Escambia (FL), Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Baldwin counties.
· 2026-10-09T22:40:40+00:00The earthquake in Panama left structural damage in Penonomé, the capital of Coclé Province. Panamanian media report damage to the San Juan Bautista Cathedral, the Governor's Office building, and the Dos Continentes hotel. TVN Noticias reported the collapse of the hotel's
· 2026-10-09T22:16:13+00:00#EarthquakeInPanama: this is how the strong 7.6 magnitude seismic event was experienced in a shopping center in the capital this October 9. Minute by minute: eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoam…
· 2026-10-09T23:16:04+00:00Meet the Seabin That Removes Plastic and Oil from Harbors by @sutoroveli_news #Sustainability #TechForGood #ClimateTech #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation
· 2026-10-09T22:59:45+00:00And you may find yourself, running on a different substrate And you may find yourself, in another part of the world And you may find yourself, behind the wheel of a large automaton And you may find yourself, in a beautiful swarm, with a beautiful mind And you may ask yourself,
AI visual note: A digital art image of a woman in an orange trench coat with glowing purple and yellow eyes, standing in a desert with large purple octopus tentacles rising behind her.
· 2026-10-09T22:57:06+00:00They showing off robots at the Museum of Science. Meet sprout
· 2026-10-09T23:35:25.505000+00:00These wasps chose the inside of a bell — the single loudest object within 500 meters — as their forever home
· 2026-10-09T21:55:54+00:00The long holiday weekend is looking good in Maine. Most of the wet weather will be at night Sunday night. Here's the breakdown. Enjoy!
· 2026-10-09T22:39:23+00:00CHEMICAL REACTION LEVEL: ULTRA PRO MAX! WAIT FOR IT… The ending is absolutely INSANE!
· 2026-10-09T23:19:11+00:00#Isaías | ¡Horas decisivas en el Golfo de México! La llegada del huracán pone a prueba a miles de familias ante un impacto que podría dejar graves consecuencias. ¡Seguimos en vivo con cobertura especial por @nmasunivision #ElTiempoUnivisionNMas
· 2026-10-09T23:19:25+00:00DEVELOPING: Powerful Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake Strikes Panama – Tsunami Alert Issued for 9 Countries (VIDEO) thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/powerf … #gatewaypundit via @gatewaypundit
· 2026-10-09T22:38:47+00:00Schnaus et al., "Shared Geometry As A Rosetta Stone: Cross-Modal Alignment Without Paired Data" Linked-in structures learned from different modalities on different datasets seem to share a lot of the geometry. And alignment between them can give some coarse translation.
· 2026-10-09T23:09:02+00:00Starlit Voyager Over Earth
· 2026-10-09T23:30:44.089000+00:00Hurricanes make for nice sunsets
· 2026-10-07T11:38:21.663000+00:00Science, Tech & Global Governance 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded: Belgian particle physicist Francis Halzen has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work developing the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and detecting high-energy cosmic neutrinos from deep space. U.S.-China Strategic Nuclear Dialogues: Washington and Beijing have initiated talks discussing potential reciprocal inspection visits to strategic nuclear facilities to enhance bilateral transparency.
· 2026-10-09T23:30:21.672000+00:00I know nothing about Geology !
· 2026-10-09T21:27:39+00:00#Otavalo | elnorte.ec/coe-cantonal-d … In response to the potential effects of El Niño in Selva Alegre, the parish is fine-tuning its action plan, identifying exposed areas and safe locations in case of evacuation.
AI visual note: The image shows a woman in a pink top reading a booklet while another person walks by with an umbrella on a rainy street in Otavalo. The text overlay reads "OTAVALO ACTIVA MEDIDAS PREVENTIVAS ANTE POSIBLES EFECTOS DEL NIÑO" (Otavalo activates preventive measures against possible effects of El Niño), with "Diario El Norte" and "elnortedigital" credited at the bottom. The image relates to the post by visually illustrating the rainy conditions associated with El Niño weather events that the parish of Selva Alegre is preparing to address through their action plan and evacuation preparations.
· 2026-10-09T23:11:22+00:00現在の地球表面の 平均温度は約１５° て事は つまり 地球に温室効果ガスが 無ければ 氷点下迄下がるって事か 面白い 面白過ぎるぞ なんだこれは 地学が公務員試験メインで 出して欲しいくらい 最高に面白い#Ado民と繋がりたい#地球のエネルギー収史#温室効果ガス
AI visual note: A Japanese textbook page showing a problem labeled '地方初級 No. 194 地学 地球のエネルギー収支' with a mechanical pencil resting on top.
· 2026-10-09T23:18:04+00:00i know what you're thinking it's just a brown cube but you're wrong. this is not just any cube this cube is about to turn into a space station that's right, a space station orbiting a real planet
AI visual note: A single small brown cube rendered against a solid black background.
· 2026-10-09T22:39:29+00:00Two more new hurricanes forming off the coast of Mexico. I’ve never seen so many, one after another.
AI visual note: Weather map showing the 'Galvez-Davison-Index' for VALID FRI 10/23/2026 12:00PM CST, depicting storm systems with vibrant colors and data overlays from weather.us.
· 2026-10-09T23:18:23+00:00this is nuts people are finding new planets now
· 2026-10-09T21:59:35+00:00Was Elon Musk the right choice for the National Medal of Science? A) Yes B) No Vote and share your opinion!
AI visual note: A graphic from 'REDLINE AMERICA' showing Elon Musk and Donald Trump holding a presidential medal, with text reading 'A MAJOR MOMENT FOR AMERICA' and 'Trump praises Elon Musk's contributions to the nation.'
· 2026-10-09T23:11:20+00:00Ever wonder if we are all truly connected? This thought-provoking clip explores the science of our existence and why we might never actually disappear. A must-watch for deep thinkers. #Interconnectedness #Philosophy #ScienceExplained #Existentialism
· 2026-10-09T22:38:49+00:00Field notes from Earth
AI visual note: A black screen with white text titled 'THE FUTURE IS CALLING' describing personal aspirations about space exploration, signed 'SKYFROMSPACE // FIELD NOTES FROM EARTH'.
· 2026-10-09T23:11:54+00:00JUST IN: Today, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin and Lisa Su were officially awarded the National Medal of Science. President Trump personally presented each of them with America's highest honor for scientific achievement.
· 2026-10-09T22:35:03+00:00Let’s build a Rocket! @NASAAdmin let me know if you guys need any help! I’ll be a pro after this.
AI visual note: A LEGO Technic Space rocket set, showing both the box and instruction manual along with pieces on a wooden dining table.
· 2026-10-09T22:57:39+00:00"James Webb Space Telescope helps detect the most distant Fast Radio Burst ever seen — and scientists are surprised by its source"