Monday Afternoon Edition · Monday, September 21, 2026 Earlier edition

Inside the FAA’s three-airport SMART trial

The Washington-area trial tests traffic predictions and routing advice. Controllers retain responsibility for separation.

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Map of Washington region marking DCA, IAD, and BWI as SMART trial airports. — Trial scope map · Daybreak graphic / Original editorial graphic

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Monday, September 21, 2026

AIAnalysis

Gemini 3.8 Live: check the record, not the chat

Google’s new Gemini Live models bring voice, camera context and background work together. The interesting test is what happens after the assistant says it can help.

5 min read

Google’s Josh Woodward in an official portrait. — File photo · Source: Google / Press image · Cropped

Monday, September 21, 2026

SpaceExplainer

A baby planet was hiding in old telescope data

Elias 2-24 b is still gathering the material of a world. The faint signal that revealed it is also a lesson in how astronomers learn to trust what they see.

7 min read

Keck’s twin telescope domes and neighboring observatories beneath a vivid Maunakea sunset. — File photo · International Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab/AURA/J. Pollard / CC BY 4.0 · Cropped

Monday, September 21, 2026

SportsReporting

Ole Miss beat Kiffin. Kentucky and Vanderbilt made Saturday even stranger.

An Oxford reunion ended with an interception. A top-10 team lost in College Station. And a game that looked finished in Nashville still had one second left to change.

5 min read

Ole Miss supporters raise red pom-poms as the team enters a packed Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. — File photo · Awarren12 / CC0 · Cropped

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Inside the FAA’s three-airport SMART trial

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Gemini 3.8 Live: check the record, not the chat

A baby planet was hiding in old telescope data

Ole Miss beat Kiffin. Kentucky and Vanderbilt made Saturday even stranger.

A little more understanding,
every morning.