WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force will operate with $28.7 billion in funding for fiscal year 2025, $800 million less than its requested budget of $29.5 billion, according to the full-year continuing resolution (CR) spending bill…
Category: 2. Space
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ALMA Detects Oxygen in Farthest Known Galaxy
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected oxygen in the most distant confirmed galaxy ever found, JADES-GS-z14-0. This detection, made by two different teams, suggests the galaxy is much more…
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Astronomers Stunned by Abundant Oxygen in Earliest Known Galaxy : ScienceAlert
A galaxy gleaming in the Cosmic Dawn, just 300 million years after the Big Bang, has just been spotted harboring something it oughtn’t.
JADES-GS-z14-0, new observations reveal, is rich with oxygen – which is an absolute banger of a…
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost Captures the First-Ever HD Video of a Stunning Lunar Sunset
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 set a new benchmark for commercial lunar exploration, lasting longer than any previous private mission and delivering 10 NASA instruments to the Moon. The mission achieved several firsts, including the deepest…
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New Beginnings in Space As Astronauts Step Into Their Zero-Gravity Home
Four new astronauts of Expedition 72 are settling into their orbital home, taking over from Crew-9, who splashed down near Florida. While they adjust to microgravity, the Cygnus cargo ship is preparing for its final fiery descent into Earth’s…
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Space Is Set to Become a ‘Wild West’ as Outdated Laws Struggle to Keep Up : ScienceAlert
In the first few months of 2025, there’s been a flurry of private venture space missions. Some have been successful, such as American company Firefly Aerospace landing its spacecraft Blue Ghost Mission 1 on the Moon. This was the first…
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This Newly Found Exoplanet Is So Light, Scientists Don’t Know What It’s Made Of
Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a glimpse into planetary types missing from our own solar system but common in the galaxy. Using NASA’s TESS and HARPS-N,…
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JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System For First Time : ScienceAlert
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.
In particular, it has made strides in the analysis of their atmospheres by studying light from the parent star as it travels…
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Astronomers Witness a White Dwarf Devouring a Planet
A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white dwarf is the result of a planet being ripped apart and devoured by the dying star. Astronomers may have finally solved a…
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