Major space and science developments include NASA tracking Mexico City's rapid subsidence, detection of an atmosphere around a distant dwarf planet, and advances in bioluminescent algae technology, alongside ongoing hantavirus outbreak concerns and evolutionary discoveries about human speech origins.

NASA's powerful radar system is monitoring Mexico City's subsidence at up to 2 centimeters per month, providing critical data on the city's geological collapse that experts hope will increase public awareness and urgency around the environmental crisis.

Astronomers have detected surprising signs of a thin atmosphere around a distant dwarf planet (mini-Pluto) billions of miles away, determined through gradual dimming and brightening patterns as a star passed behind it, expanding understanding of atmospheric possibilities in the outer solar system.

Scientists have successfully harnessed the bioluminescent blue glow from sea-dwelling algae and embedded it within 3D-printed biosensors, which could be designed to glow when toxins are detected in the environment, offering innovative applications for environmental monitoring.

Research on Alston's singing mice reveals they carry a human-like mutation related to speech capabilities, potentially transforming how scientists study the evolutionary origins of human language and communication across species.

A fossil of an ancient centipede ancestor provides evidence of the evolutionary leap that allowed many-legged arthropods to transition from ocean environments to land, filling a significant gap in understanding arthropod evolution.

A hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship traveling from Argentina to Cape Verde has resulted in multiple cases and deaths, with two British nationals evacuated and receiving care in different countries, though experts note the virus is not easily transmitted through casual contact.

SpaceX is beginning to transition away from reliance on its world's most successful rocket, signaling a major shift in the company's launch vehicle strategy and long-term spaceflight planning.

A former NASA chief has taken leadership of a national security space firm, representing significant movement of expertise from government space agencies to private defense and security sector operations.

Scientists have documented that a single dose of psilocybin (magic mushroom extract) can induce anatomical brain changes, with participants reporting deeper psychological insight and improved wellbeing a month after treatment.

A landslide-generated tsunami in Alaska has prompted scientific warnings that as glaciers continue retreating due to climate warming, such landslide-triggered tsunamis are likely to become increasingly frequent in vulnerable coastal regions.