On May 2, the Trump administration announced its intention to impose massive cuts on the Science directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), reducing its budget from $7.3 ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds Mamta Patel Nagaraja – NASA’s former associate chief scientist-offers an insider’s look at how science priorities are set, what gets cut and what the future holds ...

Space jellyfish to people in Florida is like the Northern Lights to the general population: One of nature's light shows that ...

"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...

Morehead State University has become a household name at NASA in the last decade. The space science program continues to contribute to NASA and commercial space missions and prepare students for ...

It’s a big universe out there—13.8 billion years old, full of hundreds of billions of star-and-planet-packed galaxies and, out past the limits of our sight, perhaps infinite in all directions. But as ...

The world's first telescope, crafted in 1608 by the Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey, led to stunning technologies that would later revolutionize our understanding of the universe. While his ...

From ancient philosophers pondering the stars to modern scientists scanning distant exoplanets, humanity has long asked one haunting question: Are we alone? When you purchase through links on our site ...

The world’s first commercial space science telescope, Mauve, just sent back data from low-Earth orbit, achieving “first light” — and signaling a potential new era for low-cost observation. Launched ...

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In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch ...

In June, the White House released a budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 that slashed funding for NASA’s science programs by nearly 50 percent. Then, in July, the Trump administration began telling ...