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MACS 2129-1 Galactic Graveyard: "This chillingly haunted galaxy mysteriously stopped making stars only a few billion years after the Big Bang! It became a cosmic cemetery, illuminated by the red glow of decaying stars. Dare to enter, and you might encounter the frightening corpses of exoplanets or the final death throes of once-mighty stars." NASA Exoplanet Exploration Halloween poster 2020.

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Picture of: 31 Oct 2026
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World (9)

M 5.0 earthquake, 196 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
Tropical Cyclone ARNAB-26, IndiaHighest alert now · orange · GDACS
Coastal Flood Warning, Monroe Upper KeysMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
US approves $2.6 billion Patriot missile sale to UkraineMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Chaos at Poland’s constitutional court as government-backed judges seek to oust chief justiceMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Russia, Ukraine say Oleshky demining operations completeMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Polish constitutional crisisMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Hackers steal $6.3bn from cryptocurrency platform BinanceMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Delegation of Authority Under Section 8335 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Newest official record · Federal Register

Space (5)

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International Space StationOverhead now · 18th Space Defense Squadron via Space-Track.org, retrieved from CelesTrak
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Money (2)

Brazilian real (BRL)Biggest move · European Central Bank
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History (11)

An Uzbek immigrant drove a rented truck into cyclists and runners in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.On this day, 2017 · Wikipedia, On this day
The discovery of the Plutonian moons Nix and Hydra, based on photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope nearly five months earlier, was announced.On this day, 2005 · Wikipedia, On this day
After 22 years in power, Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister of Malaysia.On this day, 2003 · Wikipedia, On this day
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collided with construction equipment while attempting to take off from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan during heavy rain, killing 83 people aboard.On this day, 2000 · Wikipedia, On this day
All 217 people on board EgyptAir Flight 990 perished when the aircraft suddenly crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.On this day, 1999 · Wikipedia, On this day
Australian sailor Jesse Martin arrived in Melbourne, becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, and unassisted.On this day, 1999 · Wikipedia, On this day
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (pictured) was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that killed thousands of Sikhs.On this day, 1984 · Wikipedia, On this day
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the prison's exercise yard.On this day, 1973 · Wikipedia, On this day
Evening star, Washington, D.C.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese artist and printmaker (died 1849)Born on this day, 1760 · Wikipedia, On this day
Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (born 1917)Died on this day, 1984 · Wikipedia, On this day

Culture (4)

Sir Patrick StewartDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
William NordhausDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
Other MommyNew film this week · Wikidata
Phantom Blade ZeroNew video game this week · Wikidata

Curious (11)

Zombie NightmareFeatured today · Wikipedia
MACS 2129-1 Galactic Graveyard: "This chillingly haunted galaxy mysteriously stopped making stars only a few billion years after the Big Bang! It became a cosmic cemetery, illuminated by the red glow of decaying stars. Dare to enter, and you might encounter the frightening corpses of exoplanets or the final death throes of once-mighty stars." NASA Exoplanet Exploration Halloween poster 2020.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
... that Wednesday Addams has been described as "the embodiment of a zeitgeist in which dark aesthetics have become a form of self-expression for an entire generation"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that recipes for pumpkin scones appear throughout Australian newspapers of the 1920s and 1930s?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that a Haunting of Hill House episode made a journalist go to bed with the lights on for the first time in years?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that some people in Britain once paid sin-eaters to eat funeral food?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that around 1,500 volunteers help a pharmacist in Kenova, West Virginia, cover his Victorian home with thousands of jack-o'-lanterns every year for Halloween?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that some believe that the "High German doctor" mentioned in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was inspired by a legendary witch said to have been killed in the American Revolutionary War?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
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