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James Webb Reveals Milky Way’s Stellar Disk Formed 8 Billion Years Ago

Using deep cosmic archaeology, JWST has identified a thin stellar disk in the Milky Way dating back 8 billion years, challenging existing galaxy formation models. The infrared observatory's sensitivity to faint, ancient stars allows astronomers to reconstruct the timeline of our galaxy's assembly with unprecedented detail.

2025-07-01T14:06:12.765144-07:00

Space.com

SpaceX Launches Axiom Mission 4, Sending First Indian, Polish and Hungarian Astronauts to ISS in 40 Years

2025-06-24T23:59:35.425004-07:00

Ars Technica

NASA Hot-Fires First $100 Million RS-25 Engine, Clearing Propulsion Hurdle for SLS

2025-06-27T07:00:57.028713-07:00

Space.com

JWST Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet TWA 7 b

2025-06-25T08:03:37.570161-07:00

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James Webb Reveals Milky Way’s Stellar Disk Formed 8 Billion Years Ago Using deep cosmic archaeology, JWST has identified a thin stellar disk in the Milky Way dating back 8 billion years, challenging existing galaxy formation models. The infrared observatory's sensitivity to faint, ancient stars allows astronomers to reconstruct the timeline of our galaxy's assembly with unprecedented detail.

2025-07-01T14:06:12.765144-07:00

James Webb Reveals Milky Way’s Stellar Disk Formed 8 Billion Years Ago

Space Explored

From Nominee to Navigator: Isaacman’s Private Push to Fund Space Science Jared Isaacman, former NASA administrator nominee and private astronaut commander on Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn, has shifted from policy pursuits to directly funding space science. He is marshaling private capital and SpaceX partnerships to underwrite projects—from ISS experiments to lunar payloads—threatened by NASA’s looming budget cuts.

2025-07-01T08:19:31.004167-07:00

From Nominee to Navigator: Isaacman’s Private Push to Fund Space Science

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Senate’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Holds Key to Space Shuttle Discovery’s Houston Move A legislative effort led by Senators Cornyn and Cruz to transfer NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s Virginia museum to Space Center Houston has been folded into the Senate’s sweeping “One Big Beautiful Bill,” tying the orbiter’s relocation to a landmark economic and policy package awaiting a floor vote.

2025-06-30T12:14:38.209095-07:00

Senate’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Holds Key to Space Shuttle Discovery’s Houston Move

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Netflix to Stream Live NASA+ Feeds From Space This Summer Later this summer, Netflix will integrate NASA+ live feeds—including rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks and live views of Earth from the ISS—marking the first time an outside programmer offers live streaming content via Netflix. The partnership aims to bring NASA’s science and exploration directly to Netflix’s global audience of more than 300 million subscribers.

2025-06-30T11:51:03.850766-07:00

Netflix to Stream Live NASA+ Feeds From Space This Summer

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White House Budget Request Targets University of Arizona NASA Programs The White House’s FY26 budget proposal includes cuts to NASA funding that would strip support from several University of Arizona-led projects, threatening research at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and other academic initiatives jointly funded by NASA. The moves underscore growing fiscal pressure on university space science portfolios.

2025-06-28T16:14:38.562686-07:00

White House Budget Request Targets University of Arizona NASA Programs

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Robert “Hoot” Gibson Auctions Unauthorized Space Shuttle Checklist Pages Robert “Hoot” Gibson, veteran astronaut and former shuttle commander, is selling pages from the checklists he used on his first space shuttle mission—a surprising move given NASA rules prohibit personal retention of mission-critical documents. Gibson has never before sold any flight artifacts.

2025-06-28T16:06:40.183468-07:00

Robert “Hoot” Gibson Auctions Unauthorized Space Shuttle Checklist Pages

Universe Today

International study spotlights lunar south pole volatiles for Artemis III ISRU A team of international researchers presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference that water and other volatiles in the Moon’s permanently shadowed south polar regions could supply essential life support and propellant resources for NASA’s first crewed Artemis III mission. The findings aim to inform ISRU strategies.

2025-06-28T13:00:47.123044-07:00

International study spotlights lunar south pole volatiles for Artemis III ISRU

New York Times

Trump’s Push to Shrink NASA Sidesteps Its National Security Mission President Trump’s latest budget blueprint seeks deep cuts to NASA’s funding, slashing core science and exploration programs. In doing so, the proposal ignores the agency’s critical contributions to U.S. national security, from space-based missile warning and communications to environmental monitoring.

2025-06-28T07:44:38.273435-07:00

Trump’s Push to Shrink NASA Sidesteps Its National Security Mission

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