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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends in disappointment
NASA said today that its teams lost contact with the satellite shortly after its launch in February.
NASA's latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial experiment
The strains of bacteria will be studied on how they grow in zero gravity conditions on the ISS.
NASA may lose close to 4,000 employees after latest deferred resignation round
About 3,000 NASA employees applied to leave as part of the deferred resignation program, which closed its second round on July 25.
Starlink outage: Service returns after over two hours down
SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is down due to an outage. The company is currently implementing a fix.
Someone paid $5.3 million for a piece of Mars
The 54-lb. meteorite was found in the Sahara in 2023.
Trump's defunding of NASA would be catastrophic
"This is probably the most uncertain future NASA has faced, maybe since the end of Apollo."
Webb spots 'Infinity Galaxy' that sheds light on black hole formation
A young supermassive black hole appears to have formed in a vast gas cloud.
These are the closest-ever images of the sun from Parker Solar Probe's historic flyby
The Parker Solar Probe made its record-breaking close approach in December.
The Webb Telescope captures a mesmerizing view of the Cat's Paw nebula
The ESA shared the image to commemorate the JWST's three years in service.
NASA will lose over 2,000 senior staff due to proposed Trump budget cuts
Over 2,000 senior NASA staff are set to leave their positions ahead of proposed budget cuts.
NASA will start livestreaming content on Netflix later this summer
NASA+ is coming to Netflix. The agency's streaming service will begin airing live programming for subscribers.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shares first images from planned decade-long survey of the sky
The National Science Foundation has shared the first images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, capturing 10 million galaxies in 10 hours of photography.
NASA is shutting down some official social media accounts, including the Curiosity rover's handle
NASA has announced plans to archive, consolidate or rebrand some of its social media accounts in an attempt to make information easier to find.
NASA's Webb telescope captures mesmerizing images of Jupiter's auroras
Researchers at the University of Leicester have captured stunning images of Jupiter's auroras using the James Webb Space Telescope.
Spanish company GMV is bringing GPS to the Moon
Multinational technology company GMV is developing GPS navigation for the Moon.
NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has begun its mission to map the entire sky in 3D
The SPHEREx observatory is on a 25-month mission to map the sky in unprecedented color, observing 102 wavelengths of infrared light.
Can I offer you a nice image of the Sun in these trying times?
ESA and NASA's Solar Orbiter satellite has delivered a new image of the Sun that shows off its scorching hot atmosphere.
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is about to have its second close encounter with an asteroid
The Lucy spacecraft will observe the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Sunday afternoon, before it moves on to study a handful of Jupiter trojans starting in 2027.
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a gigantic tower of gas and dust
NASA and ESA have shared a new image of the Eagle Nebula, a nursery for young stars, to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's anniversary.
Researchers who made miso in space say it tastes good, but different
The researchers set out to test how the space environment affects the fermentation process and resulting taste of the food.

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