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Canada will feel the impact ‘severely’ if NASA cuts funding: expert
As NASA faces the threat of US$6 billion in cuts under President Donald Trump’s budget request, one astronomy expert says ...
'Catastrophic impacts': NASA workers protest Trump's proposed budget cuts and policies in letter
NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science ...
NASA veterans say political pressure and slashed funding are destroying mankind's ability to go on future missions
In a letter to NASA's interim chief, Sean Duffy, the group slammed "wasteful changes" that undermine NASA's core mission.
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Senate appropriators fund dozens of threatened NASA science missions
A Senate spending bill would restore funding for dozens of NASA science missions threatened with cancellation in the ...
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Commercial space race comes with multiple planetary health risks
The skies overhead are already teeming with satellites. But their orbiting numbers will skyrocket in the near future as the ...
‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty
As more countries look to space, experts argue that it’s worth asking why we want to go at all, and who should lead the ...
Cubic zirconia only forms under extreme temperatures, like those produced when an asteroid impacts Earth
When high-velocity asteroids land on the Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout Earth’s history and still occur on other planetary bodies today. While ...