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NASA: magnetosphere “saturation” in solar superstorms may be a statistical illusion
Nature paper (Sivadas et al., NASA Goddard): L1 wind measurement bias can make geomagnetic response look capped.
NASA: human-related microbes may survive days in Moon south-pole shade
Science Advances (Aug. 19): Aspergillus and other hitchhiker microbes modeled for Artemis sites; survivable niches up to ~7 days.
July 2026 was warmest July on record for global ocean surface, Copernicus says
Copernicus/Mercator: extra-polar SST ~20.96–21.00°C; Mediterranean record; marine heatwaves widest July extent in decades.
Inouye Solar Telescope confirms tiny Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices on the Sun
Nature: DKIST images show 25–170 km plasma swirls at granule edges; first clear photospheric KHI.
Curiosity finds vast honeycomb polygon field in Mars Valle Grande
NASA: sols 4930–4931 panorama shows 4–8 cm polygons wrapping Miraflores butte.