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NASA’s exoplanet tally has climbed to 6,000, revealing bizarre and beautiful worlds far stranger than our own. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com NASA has now confirmed 6,000 exoplanets — a dazzling collection of alien worlds ranging from fiery giants and lava oceans to planets with clouds of gemstones or the density of Styrofoam. This milestone not only highlights the staggering variety …

JPLers Get Layoff Update Letter  NASA Watch Source link

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, and is only the third of its kind ever seen, according to Live Science. The comet is officially named 3I/ATLAS and is currently about 420 million miles away, according to …

Perfect Timing For Pre-emptive Union Busting At JPL  NASA Watch Source link

When Sierra Space won a contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station nearly a decade ago, the company promised a first for the commercial space market: a privately built, rapid reuse and cargo return spaceplane capable of landing on commercial runways. That dream has changed. In a modification to the contract announced earlier this week, NASA and Sierra …

NASA has made progress with plans to boost the rapidly decaying orbit of the Swift observatory while calling an abrupt halt to an attempt to reboost the International Space Station (ISS) using SpaceX’s Dragon. Following a successful demonstration on September 3, NASA and SpaceX were trying for a 19-minute, 22-second burn using the Draco thrusters located in the trunk of …

NASA Artemis II Astronauts Aim to Make Space Great for All  The New York Times Artemis II: astronauts ready to go to Moon “for all humanity”  BBC NASA Artemis II Crew Holds News Conference  C-SPAN Artemis II Crew Members Name Their Orion Spacecraft  NASA (.gov) ‘We are ready for every scenario.’ NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts say they’re all set for historic flight to the …

WASHINGTON — Sierra Space and NASA have sharply revised a contract to use the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle to deliver cargo to the International Space Station as the company pivots to defense applications. NASA announced Sept. 25 that it modified its Commercial Resupply Services 2, or CRS-2, contract with Sierra Space. That contract originally included seven missions to transport cargo …

A mysterious object hurtling through space has been identified as a rare “interstellar object,” only the third of its kind ever seen. In July, NASA reported its ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Chile identified a comet that originated from interstellar space. Arriving in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, the comet was dubbed 3I/Atlas. The comet …

Researchers have a sci-fi movie plot point as a plan to deal with a “city killer” asteroid on a potential 2032 collision course with the moon. The team, which includes NASA scientists, published a Sept. 15 paper outlining their idea to use nuclear bombs to destroy the 300-foot asteroid named “2024 YR4.” Fans of the 1998 film Armageddon, starring Bruce …