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Congress rebuffs Trump, preserves NASA science funding

Congress has rejected President Trump’s proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget, preserving funding for key Earth and space‑science missions. The decision brought relief across the space community, averting immediate program cancellations and stabilising near‑term research and satellite schedules.

2026-01-14T07:51:12.860835-08:00

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Study: Lunar infrastructure risks contaminating and degrading ancient ice deposits

2026-01-14T07:33:17.259117-08:00

NASA

NASA, DOE commit to deploy lunar fission reactor by 2030 to power Artemis and Mars missions

2026-01-13T13:05:32.845586-08:00

Via Satellite

Intuitive Machines completes $800M acquisition of Lanteris (formerly Maxar), becomes vertically integrated space prime

2026-01-13T13:25:40.922761-08:00

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Congress rebuffs Trump, preserves NASA science funding Congress has rejected President Trump’s proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget, preserving funding for key Earth and space‑science missions. The decision brought relief across the space community, averting immediate program cancellations and stabilising near‑term research and satellite schedules.

2026-01-14T07:51:12.860835-08:00

Congress rebuffs Trump, preserves NASA science funding

Universe Today

Study: Lunar infrastructure risks contaminating and degrading ancient ice deposits A new JGR Planets paper by Francisca Paiva and ESA planetary protection officer Silvio Sinibaldi warns that constructing lunar exploration infrastructure risks contaminating and physically degrading ancient polar ice deposits. The authors say the threat to scientific value and site "pristineness" is greater than previously understood.

2026-01-14T07:33:17.259117-08:00

Study: Lunar infrastructure risks contaminating and degrading ancient ice deposits

NASA Spaceflight

SpaceX speeds Starship pad and ground‑system work at Starbase and Cape Canaveral ahead of 2026 flights SpaceX is accelerating Starship ground‑infrastructure upgrades at Starbase and Cape Canaveral, advancing construction and integration to support planned 2026 orbital flights. Work at both sites shortens the critical path to orbital tests and signals growing pad capability for frequent heavy‑lift operations.

2026-01-13T14:11:09.329340-08:00

SpaceX speeds Starship pad and ground‑system work at Starbase and Cape Canaveral ahead of 2026 flights

Via Satellite

Intuitive Machines completes $800M acquisition of Lanteris (formerly Maxar), becomes vertically integrated space prime Intuitive Machines has completed its $800 million purchase of Lanteris Space Systems (formerly Maxar Space Systems), paying $450 million in cash and $350 million in Class A stock. The deal adds spacecraft manufacturing capability the company says will make it a vertically integrated space prime for commercial, civil and national-security work.

2026-01-13T13:25:40.922761-08:00

Intuitive Machines completes $800M acquisition of Lanteris (formerly Maxar), becomes vertically integrated space prime

NASA

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NASA, DOE commit to deploy lunar fission reactor by 2030 to power Artemis and Mars missions NASA and the Department of Energy have renewed a partnership and placed new leadership on the Fission Surface Power Project, reaffirming a goal to develop and deploy a compact nuclear fission reactor on the Moon by 2030 (roughly four years) to support Artemis infrastructure and future Mars missions.

2026-01-13T13:05:32.845586-08:00

NASA, DOE commit to deploy lunar fission reactor by 2030 to power Artemis and Mars missions

Space.com

JWST finds AGN feedback slowly starved 'Pablo's Galaxy', supporting gradual quenching JWST observations show the central black hole in 'Pablo's Galaxy' slowly starved the system, supporting a model of gradual AGN-driven quenching rather than abrupt shutdown. The finding points to long-term starvation of star formation rather than a single violent 'death blow' to the galaxy's growth.

2026-01-13T12:09:20.615569-08:00

JWST finds AGN feedback slowly starved 'Pablo's Galaxy', supporting gradual quenching

Universe Today

Study finds ancient ocean once covered roughly half of Mars Researchers at the University of Bern present new evidence that an ocean once covered about half of Mars’ surface, reshaping estimates of early water distribution. The result refocuses where sedimentary deposits and shoreline-associated biosignatures are most likely to be preserved and sampled.

2026-01-13T11:27:46.415402-08:00

Study finds ancient ocean once covered roughly half of Mars

Space.com

ISS experiments show microgravity alters bacteriophage–bacteria coevolution, with crew health and biosecurity implications Experiments aboard the International Space Station found microgravity reshapes coevolution between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts: phages remain infectious but evolve along different genetic pathways in near-weightlessness, sometimes toward traits associated with increased potency. Results carry direct implications for crew microbiome management and spacecraft biosecurity.

2026-01-13T11:12:32.559606-08:00

ISS experiments show microgravity alters bacteriophage–bacteria coevolution, with crew health and biosecurity implications

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Congress rebuffs Trump, preserves NASA science funding

Study: Lunar infrastructure risks contaminating and degrading ancient ice deposits

NASA, DOE commit to deploy lunar fission reactor by 2030 to power Artemis and Mars missions

Intuitive Machines completes $800M acquisition of Lanteris (formerly Maxar), becomes vertically integrated space prime

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