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Using South Africa's MeerKAT array, a Harvard & Smithsonian team reports the first direct detection of auroral radio emission from a planet outside the Solar System, implying a magnetic field of at least 1,250 gauss on the giant planet Beta Pictoris b.

On 24 September the Senate voted 74-25 to invoke cloture on S.4668, the Cruz-Cantwell bill that creates a federal NIL right for college athletes and replaces the patchwork of state laws, and adopted the Cruz-Cantwell substitute 77-23; it passed the Senate 77-22 on 28 September.

ECDC's week 39 threats report says 186 areas in 16 European countries have been affected by West Nile virus this season, with 1,569 locally acquired human cases as at 23 September 2026.

The Grammy Museum opened the second half of its Olivia Rodrigo exhibition on 25 September 2026, adding artifacts from her SOUR and GUTS eras and tours to the cure unraveled.

On 25 September 2026 the FDA approved AbbVie's Juvmo (tavapadon), a once-daily tablet and the first selective D1/D5 receptor agonist approved for adults with Parkinson's disease; AbbVie announced it on 28 September.

Oliver County's planning and zoning board voted 2-3 against all four approvals for Base Electron's 1,200 MW Missouri Bend gas plant, the $2.4 billion Babcock & Wilcox project to power Applied Digital's data centres near Center, North Dakota, sending a recommendation to deny to the county commission.

The Royal Navy's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine, HMS Agamemnon, left BAE Systems' Barrow-in-Furness yard to begin sea trials ahead of entering service, armed with Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk missiles.

America's largest military air show returns to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego for three free days, 25-27 September 2026, headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels and themed for the nation's 250th anniversary.

Dallas's 24-day State Fair runs at Fair Park with Big Tex, the Big Tex Choice Awards food contenders, the Texas Auto Show and daily admission from $10.

American Horror Story is an horror television anthology series. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own beginning, middle, and end. While some actors appear for more than one year, they play completely different roles in each season. The premiere, "13": After a near-death experience, Ben provides hospice care for a mysterious client in an eerie penthouse. Season 13 starts on FX.

The orca-inspired Kobe 3 from 2008 returns in Protro form on SNKRS at $210, with a black upper, a white heel-wrapping Swoosh and Cushlon 3.0 underfoot.

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective. Lifts off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand to Low Earth Orbit.

Chantiers de l'Atlantique floated out the 215,863-ton MSC World Atlantic on 26 September 2026; the fourth LNG-fuelled World Class ship stays in the yard for fitting out and delivery in 2027.

Bottega Veneta returns to the Milan Fashion Week runway on 26 September 2026 with creative director Louise Trotter's third collection, a year after her September 2025 debut succeeded Matthieu Blazy, who moved to Chanel.

Bad Bunny's first signature adidas shoe returns in a blue-heavy “Night Navy” colorway inspired by Puerto Rico's night sky, with indigo and navy suede over light blue nylon, for $160.

Austin's first major theme park, a 30-acre amusement park at Circuit of the Americas with 34 attractions including five roller coasters, officially opened on 26 September 2026, four years after its first announced date.

A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches. Lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA to Low Earth Orbit. The booster is due to land at Of Course I Still Love You.

On 27 September 2026 Luna Rossa won the second Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta on the Bay of Naples, beating Emirates Team New Zealand in the match-race final after winning the last two fleet races.

A sold-out women's night half marathon from Rozelle Parklands past White Bay, Anzac Bridge and Pyrmont Bridge to Tumbalong Park, the second stop of Nike's 2026 After Dark Tour.

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in its Claude 5.5 family, which it says runs more than 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task at the same $2 and $10 per million token prices.

Cambodia's Health Ministry reported on 28 September that a 49-year-old man in Oddar Meanchey province tested positive for H5N1, the country's sixth human case this year. He had direct contact with sick and dead chickens that the National Animal Health and Production Research Institute confirmed positive on 23 September, and he is isolated in hospital.

The Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode's Spring/Summer 2027 womenswear calendar ran September 28 to October 6, 2026, closing Fashion Month after New York, London and Milan.

Hanwha Ocean said on 28 September 2026 it will build two LNG carriers for an African shipowner for 680 billion won, about $499.6 million, with delivery by November 2029; market sources link the order to Zodiac Maritime.

OpenAI switches off 4 models and endpoints on 28 September 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, babbage-002, davinci-002, gpt-3.5-turbo-1106.

Calbee's limited Jagarico Bulgogi (Pulgogi) flavour, chosen by fans and sold at convenience stores from 28 September 2026, comes in a neon-sign Korean-style cup at about 215 yen.

The third season of the reincarnation fantasy moves to GeyeG Pictures, and its first episode airs at midnight on September 28, 2026 in the CBC/TBS Agaru Anime block.

The casino industry's biggest annual trade show runs 28 September to 1 October 2026 at the Venetian Expo, expecting over 25,000 gaming professionals from 120-plus countries and some 400 exhibitors.