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Last Updated: Friday, April 11, 2025, 7:28 PM PDT
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Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
James Webb Space Telescope Investigates the Scene of a Planet's Destruction
By Universe Today: Random flashes of radiation in the sky are not all that unusual. A few years ago, once such flash was detected coming from a star that at the time, was believed to be from a star consuming a planet! The exact mechanism was unsure though for example; was it the star bloating up as a red giant and engulfing the planet or did the planet spiral in toward the star? The answer was until now, a little elusive.
NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
RFA and SaxaVord target UK’s first vertical orbital launch
By NASA Spaceflight: Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is determined to debut its RFA One rocket by the end….
planetary.org
• Danielle Gunn
The Planetary Society Raises Alarm Over Potential NASA Budget Cuts Impacting Space Science
By planetary.org: The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued a statement in response to reports of the White House’s budget….
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Advances and Adjustments are Needed to Bring Space Communications to the Edge
By Via Satellite: As the commercial space industry is investing in space communications with satellite constellations, terminals, and networking technologies, the U.S. military is working through how to bring space communications to the tactical edge. .
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
Space industry confronts twin disruptors: AI and geopolitics
By SpaceNews.com: Space businesses are under pressure to adapt as artificial intelligence and shifting geopolitics reshape their industry in ways that are still coming into focus.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
Promoting Substainable Lunar Bases With Bio-Concrete
By Universe Today: For their study, Panda and Peña evaluated bio-concrete fashioned from bacteria lunar soil simulant. Previous studies have focused on using lunar regolith as an in-situ material to build structures on the lunar surface.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
US President Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
By Ars Technica: “This would decimate American leadership in space.”….
