Monday, September 14, 2026

SpaceX completed its 700th Falcon rocket mission on September 13, launching three O3b mPOWER telecommunications satellites for SES from Cape Canaveral to complete the company's MEO broadband constellation.^[1]

Anthropic's AI model Claude produced the first complete computer-verified proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in 11 days, generating 13 million lines of Lean code and 29,500 intermediate theorems in what mathematicians called an "extraordinary autoformalization achievement."^[2]

Scientists created a new form of superionic ice that remains solid at temperatures above 2,000°C by crushing water samples to pressures over 200 gigapascals, a discovery that could help explain the unusual magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune.^[3]

Astronomers discovered COSMOS-z3.1-A, the most distant proto-supercluster ever found, observed when the universe was just 2.1 billion years old with a mass approximately 5,000 times that of the Milky Way.^[4]

The United Nations General Assembly voted 164-1 to adopt a resolution encouraging use of the Equal Earth map projection, which more accurately represents the relative sizes of continents, particularly Africa, over the traditional Mercator projection.^[5]

A worldwide survey of physicists revealed significant disagreement on fundamental questions about the universe, with no majority backing the standard cosmological model, though 68% agreed the Big Bang does not necessarily represent the beginning of time.^[6]

Sweden's center-left opposition bloc held a narrow lead in Sunday's general election, with the Social Democrats and allies projected to win 175 seats versus 174 for the ruling right-wing coalition in preliminary results.^[7]

NASA-backed researchers developed a process to transform plastic waste into edible sugar-based products, presenting their findings at the American Chemical Society meeting as a potential solution for both waste management and food production in space.^[8]

Team Europe defeated the United States to reclaim the Solheim Cup at Bernardus Golf Club in the Netherlands, with English rookie Lottie Woad clinching the winning point on the 17th green in her Solheim Cup debut.^[9]

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts will hold a news conference from the International Space Station on September 16 to discuss their mission and upcoming return to Earth, following their February 2026 launch.^[10]