Scientists Determine Atmospheric Makeup of Small, Hot, Gassy Sub-Neptune Planet Sub-Neptunes, planets smaller than gas giants and cooler than hot Jupiters, have long been elusive targets for astronomers. Despite being the most common type of…
Category: 2. Space
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Clear Skies, Strange Chemistry: Webb Just Changed What We Know About Sub-Neptunes
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Senate confirms Troy Meink as Air Force secretary with bipartisan support
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Troy Meink as the 27th secretary of the Air Force on May 13 in a 74-25 vote, completing President Donald Trump’s slate of civilian military branch leaders in his second term.
Meink, who most…
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La NASA calibra una segunda sonda de detección de impactos para las pruebas del X-59
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Cuando se prueba un avión de última generación de la NASA, se necesitan herramientas especializadas para realizar pruebas y capturar datos, pero si esas herramientas necesitan mantenimiento, hay que…
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AST SpaceMobile ramping up launches ahead of beta service this year
TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile plans to launch satellites for its direct-to-smartphone broadband constellation every one to two months starting in July, aiming to begin beta services for AT&T and Verizon in the United States before the…
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Look Up At The Sky Once In A While
Keith’s Rant #1: I wonder … while these DOGE folks are busy scurrying around eliminating people and things at NASA – do they ever stop to look up at the night sky – you know, the place where NASA does all of that exploration stuff – the reason…
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Space Fans Yelling In A Sound Proof Room
Keith’s Rant #3: It is getting tiresome watching space fans sit in their sound proof rooms writing about space fantasies on social media and op eds in niche publications. These folks seem to be bereft of any understanding of what is going on in…
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Senate forms ‘Golden Dome Caucus’ to champion missile defense shield
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Senate has formed a new “Golden Dome Caucus” focused on developing what could become one of the nation’s most expensive defense initiatives in history — a comprehensive missile shield designed to…
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NASA’s Artemis III Core Stage Receives Thermal Protection Coating
NASA completed another step to ready its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis III mission as crews at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans recently applied a thermal protection system to the core stage’s liquid…
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NASA Hosts Industry, Government, Academia to Explore Partnerships
On April 29, more than 90 representatives from industry, U.S. federal labs, government agencies, and academia gathered at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley to learn about the center’s groundbreaking research and…
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