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NASA shares close views of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

At roughly 250,000 kilometers per hour, comet 3I/ATLAS did not merely enter the inner solar system; it tore through it at a speed that made every observation window brief and technically demanding. That urgency helps explain why NASA’s close-range images from Mars have drawn so much attention: they show a visitor from another star system
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NASA’s DART spacecraft changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun

A 2022 NASA mission changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its companion. New data shows their joint orbit around the sun also changed.
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NASA's tiny spacecraft sends first exoplanet images

With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA's Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, is ready to begin charting the energetic lives of the galaxy's most common stars to help answer one of humanity's most profound ...
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NASA DART mission reveals asteroids throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other

Asteroids with tiny moons may be quietly trading material across space. Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed faint streaks on the moon Dimorphos—evidence of slow “cosmic snowballs” drifting from its parent asteroid,
Scientific American

NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris

The Van Allen probe, which studied how the Earth is protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know
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NASA to provide satellite data for fisheries research in new partnership

Under a new partnership with the Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS), NASA will provide new advanced satellite data to support fisheries and marine science research. As part of the partnership,
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NASA Needs Rational Reforms, Not Reckless Cuts

We are deeply disturbed that the White House Office of Management and Budget is contemplating cutting NASA’s science budget by up to 50 percent. Certainly, the space agency needs to modernize and reform practices and personnel management – but not at ...
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NASA budget would cancel dozens of science missions, lay off thousands

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory would be terminated in the agency's fiscal year 2026 budget request. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan Updated 8 p.m. Eastern with AIA comment. REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — NASA released more information about its proposed fiscal ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket,