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SETI's history: Federal withdrawal, private persistence
Less than a year after NASA launched its formal, intensive Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program on Columbus Day in 1992, Congress abruptly canceled all federal support.
M Dwarf Surveys Find Super-Earths Abound, Sub-Neptunes Vanish
Around mid-to-late M dwarf stars, a common exoplanet type, the sub-Neptune, effectively vanishes.
SpaceX Starship V3 test flight hits targets, faces engine issues
One of the Super Heavy first stage's 33 Raptor 3 engines shut down early during ascent, even as SpaceX's Starship V3 hit most of its ambitious flight targets during its inaugural orbital test flight i
Webb Telescope Studies Star Clusters, Unveiling Rapid Stellar Birth
On May 6, 2026, the James Webb Space Telescope unveiled a near-infrared image of Messier 51's spiral arm.
NASA seeks partners for Artemis, nuclear propulsion, and aeronautics stories
NASA is asking filmmakers, poets, and documentarians to tell the stories of its Artemis Moon missions and nuclear propulsion efforts.
Hubble captures stunning new image of distant galaxy cluster
Less than 600 million years after the Big Bang, a supermassive black hole already blazed into existence.
NASA Realignment Aims to Accelerate Mission Delivery
NASA is reducing its six existing mission directorates to four, a move that dramatically reshapes how the agency will pursue its ambitious space goals.
NASA Opens Competition for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management Contract
After 66 years of sole management by Caltech, NASA is opening up the $30 billion contract for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to competitive bids.
NASA Names Eight Teams Finalists in Blue Skies Competition
A South Dakota State University team’s 'Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone' project secured first place in NASA's 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, showcasing practical, earth-bound i
NASA supports student lunar robotics for future missions
University of Virginia students built an 80-pound robot to excavate lunar regolith, a critical task for future moon base construction.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft successfully flies by Mars
On May 15, the NASA Psyche spacecraft executed a flawless Mars flyby, a precise gravitational assist that, despite its success, still leaves the mission five years from its ultimate destination: a met
NASA Psyche images 30-mile Mars craters & 30-mile wind streaks
On May 15, 2026, NASA's Psyche spacecraft, still years from its primary asteroid target, captured detailed images of Mars, revealing wind streaks and craters.
Psyche spacecraft captures stunning Mars South Pole images
On May 15, 2026, the Psyche spacecraft, midway through its 2.
Santa Rosa Island wildfire scorches 30% of island, California's largest this year.
Over 30% of Santa Rosa Island, a vital part of Channel Islands National Park, has been scorched by California's largest wildfire of the year.
NASA Psyche Mission images Huygens Crater on Mars
On May 15, 2026, NASA's Psyche mission, merely passing Mars, captured an enhanced-color view of the 470-kilometer-wide Huygens crater, revealing details beyond human sight.
NASA Mars helicopter rotor spins faster than sound in tests
During recent tests, NASA's next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades reached Mach 1.
Satellite megaconstellations fuel unregulated geoengineering, scientists warn
Each day, a minimum of 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of incinerated satellite trash plunges into Earth's atmosphere—a phenomenon scientists gravely describe as an unregulated geoengineering experiment.
Avatar: Fire and Ash Hits Disney+ June 24
Despite grossing over $1.
Apollo UFO Images: Public for Decades, Not Newly Revealed
Every single Apollo image highlighted in the Pentagon's recent 'declassified' UFO drop has been publicly available for half a century, according to astrophysicist Grant Tremblay.
AI Robotics and Digital Twins Accelerate Scientific Discovery
BioSim Innovations employs a digital twin of the human circulatory system to simulate drug interactions with 98% accuracy.
EPA Permits Deep-Ocean Carbon Sequestration Research for Carboniferous
On March 27, 2026, the U.
NASA Confirms Over 6,000 Exoplanets; Hubble's Contributions
In 2008, the Hubble Space Telescope detected methane, an organic molecule, in the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized exoplanet HD 189733b.
Top 5 Emerging Sustainable Energy Technologies for 2026
By the end of 2023, China's newly installed renewable energy capacity alone accounted for over 80% of its national total and more than half of the global new capacity, a monumental shift driven by uns
Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Investment & Transition Challenges
By 2026, global Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production is projected to reach 2.