NASA seeks to bolster workforce, reduce reliance on contractors
WASHINGTON — After losing about 20% of its civil servant workforce in the past year, NASA’s administrator says…
A Solar Flare Hit Earth’s Atmosphere, Here’s What the ISS Saw From Orbit
Shimmering green lights have once again danced across Earth’s upper atmosphere, captured in a striking timelapse from the…
Something Mysteriously Powerful Slammed Into Earth in 2023. Scientists Now Have a Theory
In astrophysics, extreme events may call for extreme interpretations. Sometimes, that means weighing every possible option for what…
Every major galaxy is speeding away from the Milky Way, except one — and we finally know why
The structure of the local universe is surprisingly flat, according to new research, and this cosmic quirk may…
Forest’s Strange Response to an Eclipse May Have a More Mundane Explanation : ScienceAlert
In a controversial study published in April last year, researchers described an astonishing phenomenon: a forest of Norway…
Space hamburgers and jellyfish galaxies: AI identifies a thousand anomalies yet unexplained by science
Something in Hubble’s attic won’t fit in the boxes we made for the universe. When an algorithm says…
Viasat sees orbital data center partnership opportunity
TAMPA, Fla. — While Viasat has no plans to join the rush to deploy orbital data centers, the…
James Webb Space Telescope finds precursors to ‘building blocks of life’ in nearby galaxy
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a wealth of molecules that could serve as…
Does dark matter actually exist? New theory says it could be gravity behaving strangely
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An $88 Million Satellite Died Early—and Still Blew the Lid Off Industry Emissions
MethaneSat, an $88 million satellite designed to track methane emissions at an unprecedented scale and resolution, suddenly went…
Scientists Reveal a Frozen Bizarro Earth Only 150 Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert
Astronomers have announced the discovery of what appears to be an “ice cold Earth,” a chilly but potentially…
‘Invisible scaffolding of the universe’ revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope images
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have mapped the largest section of the universe’s dark matter…