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JWST Spots Planet Formation in Space's Most Extreme Environments

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected planets forming in environments once thought too extreme for planet assembly. These observations expand known planetary nurseries beyond traditional protoplanetary disks, widening the search for habitable worlds and prompting revisions to models of exoplanet formation.

2025-06-20T03:08:03.028354-07:00

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NASA, DoD Rehearse Artemis 2 Abort Recovery Procedures

2025-06-19T09:03:01.317578-07:00

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ESA awards €839M LISA prime contract to OHB-led team at Paris Air Show

2025-06-17T04:15:10.175318-07:00

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Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposes One-Third Cut to NASA Workforce, Stuns International Partners

2025-06-17T05:14:55.758418-07:00

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory Holds Grand Opening Ahead of First Scientific Image Release After more than two decades of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory held its grand opening this week, inviting astronomers worldwide as it prepares to release its first scientific images on June 23. The 3.2-gigapixel telescope will survey the southern sky to probe dark matter and transient phenomena.

2025-06-22T11:16:37.120092-07:00

Vera C. Rubin Observatory Holds Grand Opening Ahead of First Scientific Image Release

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NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Back at Full Electric Thrust After Backup Line Switch NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe swiftly recovered from a thruster fault by switching to its backup propellant supply, restoring full electric propulsion and keeping the spacecraft on course for its planned 2029 rendezvous with the metal-rich main-belt target.

2025-06-21T11:40:41.645002-07:00

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Back at Full Electric Thrust After Backup Line Switch

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JWST Spots Planet Formation in Space's Most Extreme Environments NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected planets forming in environments once thought too extreme for planet assembly. These observations expand known planetary nurseries beyond traditional protoplanetary disks, widening the search for habitable worlds and prompting revisions to models of exoplanet formation.

2025-06-20T03:08:03.028354-07:00

JWST Spots Planet Formation in Space's Most Extreme Environments

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NASA, DoD Rehearse Artemis 2 Abort Recovery Procedures NASA and the Department of Defense conducted a full-scale dress rehearsal for abort recovery operations in preparation for Artemis 2, the agency’s first crewed lunar flyby in over five decades. The exercise validated procedures for Orion capsule and crew retrieval in the event of an in-flight abort.

2025-06-19T09:03:01.317578-07:00

NASA, DoD Rehearse Artemis 2 Abort Recovery Procedures

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JWST reveals dwarf galaxies drove universe’s exit from Dark Ages New observations from JWST detect a population of faint dwarf galaxies at high redshift whose intense star formation and UV output could have driven hydrogen reionization, lifting the universe out of its Dark Ages. These small galaxies punch well above their weight in shaping early cosmic evolution.

2025-06-19T07:03:29.624547-07:00

JWST reveals dwarf galaxies drove universe’s exit from Dark Ages

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NASA and DLR Sign Pact to Deepen Artemis Lunar Collaboration at Paris Air Show At the Paris Air Show on June 16, NASA acting administrator Janet Petro and Germany’s DLR head formalized a memorandum to expand joint contributions to the Artemis program, covering lunar lander technology, habitat development and science payload integration.

2025-06-17T07:27:29.343266-07:00

NASA and DLR Sign Pact to Deepen Artemis Lunar Collaboration at Paris Air Show

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Roman Space Telescope to Map 160,000+ Gravitational Lenses for Dark Matter Study The NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, due to begin science operations in 2027, will map more than 160,000 gravitational lenses—cosmic alignments where foreground galaxies bend background light—to investigate the particle nature of dark matter using Einstein’s century-old lensing concept.

2025-06-17T07:12:06.884476-07:00

Roman Space Telescope to Map 160,000+ Gravitational Lenses for Dark Matter Study

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NASA Redefines Astronaut Role, Eyes Explorers for Mars NASA is overhauling its astronaut selection criteria as it prepares for eventual crewed Mars missions, including the potential recruitment of professional explorers with expedition experience. The agency believes that traditional pilot-heavy crews may lack the specialized skills needed for autonomous, long‐duration surface operations on the Red Planet.

2025-06-17T05:15:01.175290-07:00

NASA Redefines Astronaut Role, Eyes Explorers for Mars

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