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The European Space Agency (ESA) revealed on September 19, 2026, that a special Pikachu plush had spent 67 days on the International Space Station (ISS). The "astronaut" went to the ISS on a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on April 11. It returned to Earth on June 17 aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. During its time in orbit, Pikachu completed about 1,040 trips around Earth....

NASA has unveiled a $20 billion initiative to build a permanent base on the Moon. Called "Ignition," it aims to test whether humans can sustainably live beyond Earth. The plan, announced on March 24, 2026, marks a major shift from short lunar visits to a long-term human presence on the Moon....

Since 2020, a small, critically endangered subpopulation of fewer than 50 orcas has been ramming and even sinking boats in the Atlantic Ocean. These incidents typically occur off the coasts of Spain and Portugal during spring and summer. This is when the killer whales migrate to the area in search of Atlantic bluefin tuna, their main food source....

Astronomers have found a pair of Jupiter-sized exoplanets that are less dense than cotton candy. Named TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, they orbit a Sun-like star about 1,113 light-years from Earth. The two belong to a rare class of planets known as "super-puffs."...