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NASA cutting programs, workforce to comply with Trump order

NASA will close several offices and reduce its workforce to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump. NASA‘s Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy will be shuttered, as will the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Accessibility...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet flew in front of the sun so NASA could take this incredible shock wave photo

NASA and Boom Supersonic just released an incredible photo capturing a shockwave emanating from the dark silhouette of the supersonic XB-1 aircraft while it traveled in front of the sun during a Feb. 10 test flight during which it broke the sound barrier three times. “This image makes the...

Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch NASA’s revolutionary SPHEREx and PUNCH science missions today (video)

Two NASA missions called “SPHEREx” and “PUNCH” will be sharing a ride to space today, if all goes according to plan. The agency had planned to launch both missions at the same time on Saturday (March 8) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, but SpaceX needed more time to complete...

Scientists discover simpler way to achieve Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’ thanks to AI breakthrough bringing quantum internet closer to reality

Scientists have used AI to discover an easier method to form quantum entanglement between subatomic particles, paving the way for simpler quantum technologies. When particles such as photons become entangled, they can share quantum properties — including information — regardless of the distance...

On this day in space! March 9, 1961: Soviet Union launches dummy, dog and guinea pig into space

On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. This mission was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, which would later carry the first cosmonauts into space. Inside the spacecraft was a mannequin named Ivan Ivanovich, a dog named Chernushka, dozens of mice, some reptiles, and the...

Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer moon probe’s future looks grim

NASA’s new water-scouting moon orbiter has been in trouble ever since its Feb. 26 launch atop a SpaceX rocket, but things are looking more dire as the spacecraft runs low on power while spinning in space. Ground controllers for the NASA/Caltech-led mission, called Lunar Trailblazer, have...

Watch fiery SpaceX Starship Flight 8 debris rain down over The Bahamas (video)

Starship put on a show for skywatchers yet again — but not the way that SpaceX would have liked. SpaceX launched the eighth test flight of Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, from its Starbase site in South Texas on Thursday evening (March 6). Starship‘s huge first-stage...

SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)

Starship’s eighth flight was a lot like its seventh. SpaceX launched the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket today (March 6), sending the 403-foot-tall (123 meters) vehicle aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas at 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT; 5:30 p.m. local Texas time). Seven...

SpaceX, NASA To Launch 1st Mission To Study Aurora ‘Electrojets’ In Earth’s Atmosphere

Every second, phenomena known as “auroral electrojets” that stem from solar activity push about a million amps of electrical charge around Earth’s poles — and that electrical charge can create big problems. Electrojets are intense electric currents that flow above the Earth...