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The latest in science news reveals partnerships between Sceye, NASA, and USGS for monitoring wildfires, a facial reconstruction of a supposed Polish 'vampire,' Chinese space missions involving habitat experiments, and a new understanding of gentler black hole formation.

Sceye, an aerospace startup, has teamed up with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy climate management tools. The partnership aims to monitor wildfires and storms from the edge of space using Sceye's solar-powered High Altitude Platform System, the company and agencies announced exclusively to Reuters.

In a fascinating archaeological study, scientists have reconstructed the face of a 400-year-old Polish woman believed to be a 'vampire.' Dubbed "Zosia," she was buried in northern Poland with measures meant to prevent her return from the dead.

China has launched its 14th crewed mission to its space station with three astronauts aboard. The Shenzhou-19 mission includes experiments in human habitat construction in space, reflecting China's ambitions for lunar colonization.

(With inputs from agencies.)