NASA Budget Cuts Could End U.S. Exploration of the Outer Solar System
The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years
Cosmic Tornado from Star’s Birth Whirls in Dazzling JWST Image
This telescope has revealed the whipped-up dust from the birth of a star—and a shining background galaxy—more clearly than ever before
How to Watch the Year’s Best Meteor Shower, the Perseids
The Perseids are the best annual meteor shower, but this year’s show will be dimmed by a bright gibbous moon
Rogue Worlds May Not Be So Lonely After All, Europa Clipper Completes Key Test, and RFK, Jr., Pulls $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Funding
From planets roaming space to major shifts in health funding, catch up with this week’s news roundup.
Physicists Can’t Agree on What Quantum Mechanics Says about Reality
A survey of more than 1,000 physicists finds deep disagreements in what quantum theories mean in the real world
Echoes of Light Illuminate the Cosmos
Bizarre phenomena called light echoes create strange, shifting shapes seen in some telescopic images and help astronomers chart the heavens above
Our Nearest Sunlike Star Might Have a Planet, JWST Shows in Stunning Finding
In some of its most ambitious work yet, the James Webb Space Telescope looked to spot a planet in a potentially habitable orbit around Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system
Can Astronomers and Satellite Operators Learn to Share the Sky?
Satellite streaks are ruining astronomical images. Can scientists and space companies find solutions before it’s too late?
NASA Faces Deep Budget Cuts—Every Living Former Science Chief of the Agency Is Sounding the Alarm
NASA faces historic budget cuts that could shutter missions and stall vital research, prompting a bipartisan outcry from all of the agency’s living former science chiefs.
NASA’s Plan for a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon Could Be a Lunar Land Grab
Spurred by competition from China and Russia, the Trump administration is pushing for nuclear power on the moon by 2030
JWST Spots Ancient Light That Shouldn’t Exist
JWST observations of light sources before the first galaxies should have formed are raising new questions about our galactic origins
Strong Support for NASA and Project Artemis Will Advance the U.S.
NASA needs clear support from the White House if we want to win the new space race