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Trump pulls Jared Isaacman nomination to lead NASA days before vote
Just days before the U.S. Senate was set to hold a confirmation vote, President Donald Trump withdrew Jared Isaacman's ...
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South Korea’s Venus-focused cubesat advances as larger missions face NASA cuts
South Korea’s state-backed Institute for Basic Science has ordered the first of five cubesats to study Venus from LEO ...
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Trump's 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third
A number of high-profile missions would get the axe, including the New Horizons Pluto probe and Juno Jupiter orbiter.
Jared Isaacman no longer in running for NASA Administrator role, per White House
Isaacman is no longer in the running for NASA leadership. Trump will pick a new option for NASA administrator, White House ...
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NASA budget would cancel dozens of science missions, lay off thousands
NASA released more details about its proposed fiscal year 2026 budget May 30, canceling dozens of science missions and ...
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Proposed major cuts to NASA would likely hit Huntsville heavily
NASA’s 2026 budget request would cut funding by almost a quarter and end Huntsville-based projects like the Space Launch ...
Book Review: Taylor Jenkins Reid’s ‘Atmosphere’ plays out amid the 1980s politics of NASA
Taylor Jenkins Reid, the author of “Daisy Jones & the Six,” is back with another love story, this time set during NASA's ...
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Super-magnetic dead star throws a violent temper tantrum as NASA X-ray spacecraft looks on
The erupting magnetar observed by IXPE is known as 1E 1841-045, a neutron star located around 28,000 light-years from Earth ...