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Astronaut snaps salty, pink Valentine's Day 'heart' shining in Argentina — Earth from space

A 2024 astronaut photo shows a striking pink, heart-shaped salt lake in the middle of the Argentine lowlands. The endearing photo was originally released to celebrate Valentine's Day.

LiveScience

Annual Smithsonian summer event held for 50 years is exiled from D.C. so Trump can have his 250th America birthday festival

The Smithsonian’s annual Folklife Festival has been exiled from Washington’s National Mall to make way for a flashy series of events including an IndyCar race

The Independent UK

Smithsonian museum to return three bronze sculptures illegally removed from Indian temples

Internal investigation found the statues had been removed from temples in southern India

The Independent UK

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Smithsonian still struggling with how to present America’s 250th anniversary and has given Trump list of ideas

The U.S. will celebrate its 250th birthday this summer, while the Smithsonian has come under political pressure from White House

The Independent UK

The Trump-Kennedy Center is another front in the battle for the soul of America

Under Trump, the world-class centre for performing arts is one of many US cultural institutions changing beyond recognition. Will others buckle, asks the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Trump's Push To Restore 'Truth and Sanity in American History' Tests Nonpartisan Institutions

Politically-motivated firings and increased executive branch scrutiny set “a dangerous precedent,” warns a former archivist of the United States.

Reason

Smithsonian faces a deadline to show Trump its plans for exhibits for America's 250th birthday

The Smithsonian museums are facing a White House deadline to turn over documents on their plans for the country’s 250th birthday and other exhibits

The Independent UK

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‘A very tough moment’: how Trump has put museums in jeopardy

A study has shown the devastating impact of arts funding cuts on institutions across America and many within the industry are concerned for what’s next

The Guardian - US

Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested in astronomy – telescopes in schools can help

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, predicted eclipses and used their observations to construct calendars, develop maps and formulate religious rituals.

The Conversation

First Thing: Family of Renee Good urges ‘empathy’ in call for justice

US woman killed by ICE agent called ‘extraordinary mother’. Plus, Trump says countries trading with Iran face 25% tariff

The Guardian - UK

Smithsonian swaps Trump portrait and removes mention of impeachments

National Portrait Gallery removes text on new portrait of Trump standing in Oval Office with a scowl and fists on desk

The Guardian - US

Smithsonian removes reference to Trump’s impeachments after administration complained, report says

The White House shared the new portrait on social media earlier this week

The Independent UK

Six great reads: Katherine Ryan, a missing backpacker returns, and Fast Food Nation redux

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’

The long read: The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights

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Colossal 400bn-Mile 'Dracula' Disc Is 40 Times Wider Than Our Solar System, NASA Reveals

Space experts believe that the 'Dracula' disc could offer new insights into planetary formation, especially in massive stellar nurseries.

Space

NASA chief Jared Isaacman says Texas may get a moonship, not space shuttle Discovery

NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current home in a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hangar in Virginia, may end with a different spacecraft entirely landing in Houston.

The Independent UK

Smithsonian to display rare and ‘remarkable’ dinosaur skull that was unearthed in South Dakota

The Pachycephalosaurus skull belonged to a dinosaur with a domed-shaped head that lived around 67 million years ago

Capital & Main

This L.A. Museum Is Standing Up to Trump’s Whitewashing, Vowing to ‘Scrub Nothing’

The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks on diversity, history and the truth.

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Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman pledges to move space shuttle Discovery to Houston, lawmaker says

Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, is on board with moving the space shuttle Discovery to Houston, according to one of the senators behind the controversial plan.

Reason

Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Order on "Divisive Race-Centered Ideology"—and Seeking Trump's Lung—Dismissed

From Jeanpierre v. Trump, decided Tuesday by Magistrate Judge Daphne Oberg (D. Utah): Mr. Jeanpierre is the founder of… The post Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Order on "Divisive Race-Centered Ideology"—and Seeking Trump's Lung—Dismissed appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

You can end a shutdown overnight — but you can’t reopen a government that fast

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be officially over, but getting everything back up and running won't happen all at once

The Independent UK

Display about Black soldiers removed from World War II US military cemetery

The information panels were removed following ‘an internal review of interpretive content,’ according to the American Battle Monuments Commission

The Independent UK

With their government contracts in limbo, small businesses await a historic shutdown's end

The end of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history would be a relief for small businesses that depend on federal contracts or funding

We Got This Covered

A woman bought the cursed Diamond, believing it to be a ‘good luck charm’. Then her son died at 9, her daughter took her own life, and her husband went insane

Some jewels seem better left untouched.

Roll Call

Shutdown season: Fall traditions on ice as cancellations pile up - Roll Call

With November around the corner and Congress still locked in a funding stalemate, the holiday blame game has begun.

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