CNN21d
NASA strikes deal over layoffs of recent hires
NASA confirmed Thursday that the space agency may have sidestepped the sweeping layoffs it was expected to implement this week, potentially saving hundreds of newly hired employees and career ...
Nature28d
NASA embraced diversity. Trump’s DEI purge is hitting space scientists hard
In the corridors of NASA buildings across the United States, Pride flags and pictures celebrating women in science are being taken down. Scientists are adding space-mission stickers to their ...
Business Insider29d
NASA is expecting a visit from Elon Musk's DOGE crew, its acting chief says
DOGE is tearing through government agencies — and NASA may be next in line. Speaking on the sidelines of the Commerce Space Conference in Washington DC on Wednesday, the space agency's acting ...
CNN5d
NASA delays launch of newest space telescope to search for life’s key ingredients
NASA’s newest space telescope ... It’s likely that these stars will be ringed by disks of material, which form planets. Astronomers believe ice connected to small dust grains is where most ...
insideHPC29d
JSC Acquires D-Wave Quantum Computer
JSC’s system will be upgraded to D-Wave’s next generation Advantage2 quantum processor unit (QPU), once it becomes available. The Advantage2 system is expected to deliver significant performance gains ...
The New York Times8d
Why NASA Is Trying to Go Back to the Moon
Reporting on missions to the moon and beyond. NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon, because that is what President Trump set as the destination of the agency’s human spaceflight ...
Wall Street Journal20d
The Thrill-Seeking Billionaire and SpaceX Astronaut Poised to Run NASA
When Jared Isaacman gave up his childhood dream of becoming a NASA astronaut, he still needed to get his adrenaline fix somewhere. He found it after dropping out of high school and building ...
Science Daily3d
NASA News
Debris that small, which cannot currently be detected from ... NASA's Hubble Provides Bird's-Eye View of Andromeda Galaxy's Ecosystem Feb. 27, 2025 — Located 2.5 million light-years away ...
Bloomberg L.P.29d
Musk’s DOGE Workers Are Headed to NASA for Spending Review
Elon Musk’s DOGE government-efficiency staff will be arriving at NASA to review payments at the US space agency, its acting administrator said on Wednesday. “So we are a federal agency ...
UPI26d
NASA: 1.6% chance newly discovered asteroid will impact Earth in 2032
Feb. 15 (UPI) --NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency are ...
Ars Technica23d
In a last-minute decision, White House decides not to terminate NASA employees
Unlike workers at many other federal agencies this week, probationary employees at NASA were not terminated on Tuesday. For much of the day employees at the space agency anticipated a directive ...
The Hill29d
Democrat calls on NASA administrator to revoke Musk’s access to headquarters
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday urged the acting head of NASA to revoke tech billionaire Elon Musk’s access to the space agency’s headquarters, citing an extreme conflict of interest.