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Vast Space’s Haven-1, a single-module orbital lab, will launch in 2026 via SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Designed for four astronauts on short missions, it features life-support systems tested with NASA and a domed observation window, marking a milestone in private space habitats.

Astronomers detected a black hole 650 million light-years away devouring a star and then erupting twice with powerful flares months later. Observed by the Zwicky Transient Facility and tracked by ALMA and the VLA, this rare off-centre event hints at a rogue black hole cast out from its host galaxy.

Two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, carried out a six-hour spacewalk outside the ISS on Oct. 16, 2025. They installed the Ekran-M semiconductor experiment for growing ultra-thin materials in microgravity and safely jettisoned an outdated high-definition camera that will burn up upon re-entry.

The WMO reports Earth’s atmospheric CO₂ reached 422.8 ppm in 2024 — the biggest annual rise ever recorded. Driven by fossil-fuel emissions, wildfires, and weakening carbon sinks, the surge intensifies global warming. Scientists warn that delayed emission cuts could entrench irreversible changes in weather, ecosystems, and sea levels.

Former Assassin's Creed franchise boss, Marc-Alexis Coté, has said he did not leave Ubisoft and was instead asked to "step aside" by the company. According to the former Ubisoft executive, the company decided to hand over Assassin's Creed leadership to someone else as part of its new organisational structure.