In February, massive layoffs swept across the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in compliance with requests from the Trump administration. These cuts resulted in industry-wide concerns about immediate…
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Scientists discover drier mantle on moon’s farside, offering potential insight on lunar evolution
Lunar sample return sample missions with associated water content estimates. Credit: Prof. Hu Sen’s group Chinese scientists have discovered that the moon’s mantle contains less water on the lunar farside…
Watch Atlas V rocket launch 1st big batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites today
🔴 LIVE 🔴 April 9 Broadcast: Atlas V Kuiper 1 – YouTube Watch On Amazon’s first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites will take flight today (April 9), and…
Researcher proposes first-time model that replaces dark energy and dark matter in explaining nature of the universe
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a paper…
1 year since the Great North American Eclipse — Here’s how the 2026 total eclipse will compare
One year ago today, a total solar eclipse graced the skies of North America, as the moon fully blocked out the sun a narrow slice of Earth, bringing sudden darkness…
Quantum cosmology with final states can explain the accelerated expansion of the universe
The logic in the derivation of deterministic equations for systems with final conditions. Credit: Charis Anastopoulos Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal…
Watch Soyuz rocket launch new US-Russian crew to the ISS early April 8
NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Soyuz MS-27 Launch – YouTube Watch On Three astronauts will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning (April 8), and you can watch…
Blue Origin plans an all-female space flight—but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional
Mae Carol Jemison was the first black woman to travel to space. Credit: NASA For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will…
How bacteria could help build and maintain cities on the moon
If all goes to plan, scientists may someday begin building outposts on the moon — and some experts believe that these outposts could be constructed with bricks made out of…
