Earth and Orbit

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 24, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. We're watching a strange split in what we can actually do in space right now.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 23, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. {

"script": "We have a congestion problem that's not in traffic but in orbit, and it's the kind of problem that solves itself only badly if we don't intervene first.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 22, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. A century ago, a hurricane hit Miami and changed how we forecast weather.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 21, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. You're looking at a moment when space technology is solving two completely different problems at once, and they're pulling in opposite directions.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 20, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. We've got a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Papua New Guinea this morning, about forty-nine kilometers north-northeast of Kainantu, and while the numbers alone don't tell us much, the context does.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 19, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. We're watching impacts reshape what we think we know about small moons, while on Earth right now, fire and water are moving faster than anyone's definitions can keep up with.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 18, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. Incoming gas flowing toward a triple star system is aligning with the star's outer ring in a way that suggests something deeper about how planets form around multiple suns.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 17, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. A planet that's barely a million years old is teaching astronomers what the first moments of a planetary system actually look like.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 16, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. A star is compressing millions of years of stellar aging into a timescale human instruments can actually watch.

Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for September 15, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. We're tracking what happens when people start planning their exits from the places they were supposed to stay.