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Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say

The latest in a series of letters from House Democrats to NASA officials claims that Elon Musk's DOGE staffers have been given "unrestricted physical access" to agency facilities. NASA has yet to respond.

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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon

The sun was caught bursting out a huge quantity of helium-3, an isotope that's scarce in our solar system.

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Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way.

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Nasa astronaut releases videos of dazzling green auroras captured from space

One of the videos shows aurora in the form of ‘green vaporous turbulence’

The Independent UK

NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays 'releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere'

Astronomers have used space-based telescopes, including NASA's Swift X-ray observatory, to watch a monster black hole spring to life with powerful X-ray eruptions.

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NASA's Juno probe at Jupiter hits 'safe mode' glitch, but bounces back just fine

NASA's Juno spacecraft went into safe mode twice on April 4, but everything's okay again.

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See gorgeous green auroras dance over Earth in dazzling ISS astronaut video

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured two amazing videos of the auroras from his unique perch above Earth last week.

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This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it

The James Webb Space Telescope has revisited a star that swallowed a planet and found that instead of the star subsuming the planet, it was the planet that crashed into the star.

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Rookie NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket later this year

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on his first mission to the International Space Station, on a Russian Soyuz rocket with two cosmonaut colleagues, as early as November.

Space

Curiosity rover rolls past ‘Devil's Gate' on Mars: Space picture of the day

While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate."

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NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone home

NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish. This one will be at the DSN facility in Canberra, Australia.

Space

Meet the crew for Blue Origin's upcoming all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry

The crew of Blue Origin's NS-31 mission, which is scheduled to launch on April 14, includes a former NASA rocket scientist, television personalities, authors — and Katy Perry.

Space

Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience during a period of uncertainty for the agency

Jared Isaacman, billionaire, CEO and nominee to become the next NASA administrator, faced questions on April 9, 2025, from members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during his confirmation hearing for the position.

The Conversation

Senator grills Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, about Elon Musk's involvement in his job interview (video)

Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman multiple times whether Elon Musk was in the room during his interview with Donald Trump, but Isaacman declined to answer directly.

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Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms

Experts share why Trump-mandated cuts to the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center share is a big deal.

Space

SpaceX to launch new Intuitive Machines moon lander, lunar satellites in 2027

The Independent UK

The first pink moon of 2025 will be here this weekend. Here’s how to see it

The micromoon that rises this weekend won’t actually appear as the colour pink, despite its nickname

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SpaceX's next Dragon cargo ship launch for NASA will lift off on April 21

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an uncrewed Dragon cargo ship packed with tons of supplies to the International Space Station on April 21.

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White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’

Nasa cuts contract that convened USGCRP, which released assessments impacting environmental decision-making

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Trump's pick for NASA chief tells Senate he's aiming for the Red Planet. 'We will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars'

Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, Donald Trump's pick to be the next NASA chief, shares the president's ambitious Mars goals.

The Guardian - US

Next Nasa leader says he would prioritize US missions to Mars if confirmed

Billionaire Jared Isaacman has funded his own journeys into space and insists he would not abandon moon missions

LiveScience

'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

International Business Times

Trump's NASA Chief Pick Says Will 'Prioritize' Mars Mission

NASA will prioritize sending astronauts to Mars, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US space agency said Wednesday, shifting focus beyond a long-planned return to the Moon -- but insisting both were achievable.

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That's no space station, it's a student-led drone show: Space photo of the day

The Space Foundation's 40th Space Symposium got underway with space history lighting up the night sky over Colorado Springs.

Space

Nearby exoplanet could offer clues about atmospheres around hot, rocky alien worlds

A nearby Earth-sized planet beyond our solar system could soon add to the diversity of known terrestrial worlds with their own "air."

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