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Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce

After the space community braced for a brutal shake-up at NASA this week, a last-minute decision on Tuesday (Feb. 18) spared over 1,000 agency employees on probationary status from being dismissed.

Space

Trump and Musk Again Falsely State NASA Astronauts Were 'Left in Space' for 'Political Reasons' Days After Crew Refutes Claim

President Trump and Elon Musk are perpetuating their false claim that the Biden administration intentionally left two NASA astronauts in space.

Latin Times

How satellites revolutionised climate change science

Until relatively recently, humans were limited by the horizon. Climate scientists of the early 20th century could gather data from the world around them and perhaps what they were able to see from a hot air balloon or plane. But the really big picture – the global snapshot – remained…

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The next giant leap? How jumping could help astronauts train for trips to the moon and Mars

Scientists suggest adding jumping exercises to astronauts' training regimens, to minimize the health effects of long space missions, such as moon and Mars trips.

Space

Do Look Up: How Earth Can Defend Itself Against Asteroid

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight years.

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Largest-ever discovery of 'missing link' black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)

Using a revolutionary dark energy camera, astronomers have discovered the largest haul of "missing link" intermediate-mass black holes ever seen, but there should have been more.

Space

Want a workout? Try walking to the top of the world's largest telescope (photo)

The world's largest telescope continues to take shape on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.

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Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video)

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander lowered its orbit around the moon Tuesday (Feb. 18), sending back gorgeous footage from just over the lunar surface.

Space

7 planets are aligned in the night sky right now. But what's that mean for science?

In February 2025, all seven of our planetary neighbors will be visible from Earth. So what does such a planetary alignment mean for science? Well, not much — unless you're an interplanetary spacecraft.

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'City Killer' Asteroid Now Has 3.1% Chance Of Hitting Earth: NASA

An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released Tuesday -- making it the most threatening space rock ever recorded by modern forecasting.

International Business Times

Boeing plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on NASA's SLS moon rocket: reports

Boeing is preparing to lay off roughly 200 employees working on the Space Launch System rocket as it braces for the possibility that its contracts with NASA may not be renewed after they end in March.

Space

Japan's Resilience moon lander aces lunar flyby ahead of historic touchdown try (photo)

Resilience, a lunar lander built by Japanese company ispace, zoomed within a mere 5,220 miles (8,400 kilometers) of the moon on Feb. 14.

Space

Rocket Lab launches sharp-eyed Earth-observation satellite to orbit (video)

Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution imaging satellite for the company Blacksky toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18).

Space

SpaceX Starlink mission lands rocket off coast of The Bahamas for 1st time (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink satellites today (Feb. 18) and then landed the Atlantic Ocean near The Bahamas —a first for the company.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds our Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole blowing bubbles (image, video)

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a detailed look at the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sgr A*, finding it endlessly blowing bubbles.

Space

Exoplanet with iron rain has violent winds 'like something out of science fiction'

Astronomers have discovered a powerful jet stream raging through the atmosphere of an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet ravaged by liquid iron rains.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic 'Phoenix' cools off to birth stars

Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James Webb Space Telescope has now learned how this galaxy cluster does it.

Space

The Winter Triangle meets the 'Mars Triangle' in the night sky this month

For the next few weeks, the planet Mars will form an isosceles triangle with the two bright stars marking the heads of the Gemini Twins, Pollux and Castor.

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Does the moon look smaller tonight? Here's why a 'micromoon' rises

The moon reaches its farthest point from Earth tonight, known as apogee, making it appear ever so slightly smaller in the night sky.

Space

Watch the sun erupt in new images from NOAA's weather satellite

A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of our star's fiery outbursts — and Mercury is in the picture.

Space

Some planet-forming stars never 'grow up' and lose their 'Peter Pan' disks

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study a planet-forming disk around a low-mass star, finding it contains chemical signatures never seen before in such a disk.

Space

Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane

By tracking the TV signal back to the plane that was reflecting it towards the Murchison Wide-field Array, astronomers will be able to learn how to remove it from their data.

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Scottish company to launch rockets into space 'next year'

A Scottish company aims to send its rockets into space from 2026, following an attempt at a suborbital launch later this year.

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'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

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'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather

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