Bezos’s Blue Origin Could Leapfrog SpaceX as NASA’s Lunar Lander Pick for Artemis 3

NASA is eyeing alternative options for its Artemis 3 lunar lander, and it looks like Blue Origin has a shot at securing the ...
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Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water

Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water ...
Science Daily

JWST captures stunning 3D view of a planet’s scorching atmosphere

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

UFOs at nuclear sites, Blue Origin New Glenn, 3D exoplanet map & SpaceX aid | SpaceBeat

This week's episode of SpaceBeat includes 1950s UFO evidence over nuclear test sites, Blue Origin’s New Glenn prep, the first ...
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Former NASA nominee Jared Isaacman in talks to become agency's chief

Oct 14 - Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and Elon Musk ally who was removed from consideration to lead NASA earlier this year, met with Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy last week as a ...

Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget: How NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off

Humanity's drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various landers and rovers' wheels ...
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Did a NASA exoplanet-hunting balloon really 'crash' in Texas? Not according to the scientist behind the flight

A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...
Astronomy

NASA’s JPL lays off 550 employees

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced the layoff of approximately 550 employees, constituting 11% of its workforce, as part of an ongoing center reorganization initiated in July. JPL ...
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NASA to retire moon rocket after Artemis III mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Citing the proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration, NASA announced on Friday that after the Artemis III mission — where Americans will return to the moon — the rocket ...
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What NASA and Astronomers Have Just Uncovered Across the Solar System

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered chemical signatures in Martian rocks hinting at possible past life, while new telescopes like SKA are scanning the early universe for radio signals older than ...
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As the government shutdown continues, which parts of NASA and KSC remain open?

A U.S. government shutdown has furloughed over 15,000 nonessential NASA employees. Essential operations, including support for the International Space Station and Artemis moon missions, will continue.
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NASA Rover Appears to Catch Photo of Mysterious Interstellar Object From Surface of Mars

As predicted, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS came within spitting distance of the surface of Mars as it continued blazing its path through the solar system. The mysterious object, widely believed to be ...