WASHINGTON — Top Democrats on the House Science Committee are accusing NASA leadership of impounding funds and taking steps to implement a budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 before Congress can act on it.
Category: 2. Space
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Hubble Digs Up Galactic Time Capsule
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the field of stars that is NGC 1786. This globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy that is approximately 160,000…
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Groundbreaking study: Life on Titan?
A new study describes a process by which cell-like structures – known as vesicles – can form on Titan. Such structures are considered the first step in the emergence of life.
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Senate confirms Guetlein to lead Golden Dome
WASHINGTON — The Senate on July 17 confirmed U.S. Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein to lead President Donald Trump’s signature Golden Dome missile defense initiative.
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The 10cm Super-Rice That Could Feed the First Lunar Colony
What happens when scientists try to reinvent rice for life on the Moon? You get a tiny, 10cm-tall “super-rice” that might one day nourish astronauts living on lunar bases. The Moon-Rice project, a collaboration among top Italian institutions, is…
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The Mars Mission That Could Make Human Landings Possible
M-MATISSE could be the first mission to deeply probe Martian space weather, potentially revealing hidden threats and mysteries vital to future human exploration. Preparing to send astronauts to Mars requires a deep understanding of the conditions…
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Cosmic Heavyweights Collide – LIGO Detects Largest, Fastest-Spinning Black Holes Yet
A gravitational wave has revealed the biggest black-hole merger ever recorded—so massive and extreme, it defies current astrophysical models. The clash formed a 225-solar-mass monster, possibly made from black holes that had already merged…
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ESCAPADE to launch on second New Glenn
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has confirmed that a NASA Mars smallsat mission, bumped from the inaugural launch of the New Glenn rocket, will be on the vehicle’s second flight later this year.
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Building trust in peer review
Nature Astronomy will shortly be able to offer a new mode of peer review to authors, in an effort to make the peer-review process more transparent. This mode will operate alongside our other initiatives to improve the procedure and safeguard the…
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