Published on: 2025-04-20 09:00:00
is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. You know, I was simply going to ignore the bizarre Blue Origin stunt flight from earlier this week. But then it flopped beyond my wildest imagination, and so here we all are. Doubtless you know the contours already: Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sánchez, pop star Katy Perry, and four other women did a big space tourism trip in the name of per
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered the strongest signs of alien life to date — but NASA has nothing to say about it, even though the research was conducted using its flagship space telescope. Following news that a team of Cambridge astronomers had discovered the "strongest hints yet" of atmospheric biosignatures — better known as "signs of life" — on the watery exploplanet K2-18b within our galaxy's "habitable zone," the space agency has chosen not to comment. Ins
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NASA’s lease for its headquarters building expires in 2028, and the agency is searching for a new space to house its workforce. As the agency explores options in Washington or the surrounding area, a group of Texas lawmakers has taken the opportunity to request that NASA headquarters be moved to Houston, Texas, to “reinvigorate our national space agency.” In a letter addressed to Donald Trump, the U.S. senators urged the president to relocate NASA’s headquarters from Washington D.C. to the Lynd
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A rare celestial event on April 24-25 will give skygazers a creative way to see a smiley face in the early morning sky. While it's not exactly an emoji, this interesting grouping will show a crescent moon plus two rising planets, Venus and Saturn, close to the horizon. Together they'll form a quirky sideways "smile" for watchful viewers, creating plenty of potential for amateur photographers with the right angles. Nasa's moon chart April. NASA "Find Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon gathere
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Buckle up, nerds: NASA is building the first quantum gravity sensor for space—a suitcase-sized instrument that could soon be measuring everything from subterranean water to hidden reserves of petroleum, all by watching how clouds of atoms act under the force of gravity. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), along with several partners, are developing the project, dubbed the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf). As its name indicates, QGGPf is a gravity gradiometer, wh
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Upon returning to Earth on Monday following her 11-minute trip to Earth's outer atmosphere onboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, pop star Katy Perry — still decked in her custom blue flightsuit and full-coverage glam — told reporters that her brief adventure in low orbit was for "future women." And "Earth." Or both, we guess? "It's about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging," Perry gushed, explaining that she sang Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" whilst in orbit
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Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’ll take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder. Was the James Webb Space Telescope worth it? Well, $10 billion is a lot of money. Even when spread over a couple of decades, that's still
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The Trump administration is planning to cut NASA's science budget nearly in half, according to an early budget proposal to Congress. As the Washington Post reports, NASA's Science Mission Directorate's current $7.3 billion budget could be cut down to a mere $3.9 billion. While the proposal has yet to be formally submitted to Congress, the slashed budget would deal a devastating blow to the space agency's ongoing and future missions, including its next major space telescope and Mars Sample Retu
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After weeks of uncertainty, it appears that the Trump administration is preparing to gut NASA, based on a preliminary budget that would see the space agency’s funding nearly halved. Weeks of whispers (read: statements in scientific and Congressional committee meetings) have already indicated the way the breeze was blowing for NASA. And by breeze, we mean hurricane-force headwinds. The Washington Post reported that the preliminary “passback” version of Donald Trump’s budget proposal would slash
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A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact. The threat is all but gone, but we now have pictures of the once-worrisome asteroid. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured images of the asteroid with two cameras, including the Near-Infrared Camera and the Mid-Infrared Instrument. The former measures reflected light, while the latter shows thermal energy. The image
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WASHINGTON, DC—Over the course of a nearly three-hour committee hearing Wednesday, the nominee to lead NASA for the Trump administration faced difficult questions from US senators who sought commitments to specific projects. However, maneuvering like a pilot with more than 7,000 hours in jets and ex-military aircraft, entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman dodged most of their questions and would not be pinned down. His basic message to members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Sc
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During his confirmation hearing in front of Congress today, incoming NASA administrator and billionaire fighter jet pilot-turned-SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman took a notable turn away from the private space company that enabled both of his trips into orbit. Members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Technology committee overseeing the proceedings repeatedly questioned Isaacman over his conflict of interest — and his relationship with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. After all, the optics of a wealthy
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Billionaire fighter jet pilot-turned-SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman is currently attending a confirmation hearing to field questions from Congress. Despite plenty of concerns over his considerable conflict of interest, Isaacman is widely expected to be sworn in as NASA's next administrator in the coming days or weeks ahead. Perhaps most notably, Isaacman used the appearance to reiterate his commitment to continue to lead the space agency's long-established Artemis program to return astronauts
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House Democrats are investigating SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's glaring conflict of interest — and specifically whether he's using his immense sway over NASA to enrich himself. In a letter sent to NASA's chief legal officer, Iris Lan, representatives Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) and Gery Connolly (D-VA) requested information and documents to prove that Musk wasn't exploiting his influence over the agency to hand himself and his businesses government contracts, Axios reports. Critics have pointed ou
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The U.S. Senate is set to decide on Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA administrator, weighing the future of the space agency under the growing influence of the private industry. Isaacman—entrepreneur, pilot, and wealthy space enthusiast—will appear at a confirmation hearing to confirm his nomination for the position of NASA administrator at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The nominee will appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. NASA will stream the event li
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It's not every day that an asteroid causes as much buzz as 2024 YR4. At one point, the asteroid had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact. The threat is all but gone, but now we have pictures of the once-worrisome asteroid. The imagery was captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and posted by the European Space Agency on Wednesday. The JWST captured the asteroid with two of its cameras, including the Near-Infrared Camera and the Mid-Infrar
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It's not every day that an asteroid causes as much buzz as 2024 YR4. At one point, the asteroid had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact. The threat is all but gone, but now we have pictures of the once-worrisome asteroid. The imagery was captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and posted by the European Space Agency on Wednesday. The JWST captured the asteroid with two of its cameras, including the Near-Infrared Camera and the Mid-Infrar
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It's been ten months since NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams traveled to the International Space Station on board Boeing's issues-riddled Starliner spacecraft. After years of delays, Starliner finally launched from Space Launch Complex-41 at NASA's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024, following three separate scrubs and the discovery of several helium leaks. Things didn't improve once the capsule reached space. Docking procedures with the ISS proved harr
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NASA has officially added SpaceX's enormous Starship rocket to its roster — despite the vehicle never having completed a single successful test flight, let alone a mission. The space agency announced last week that it had awarded SpaceX a "modification under the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to add Starship to their existing Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch service offerings." As the agency explains, these contracts "provide a broad range of commercial launch services for NASA’s plane
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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire fighter jet pilot-turned-SpaceX astronaut, has shared a photo of himself during his unusual "commute into DC" — which involved a Cessna CJ4 private jet. The entrepreneur, who is estimated to be worth $1.9 billion, was tapped late last year by president Donald Trump to lead NASA, and he's chosen to head into the nation's capital to "meet with Senators this week" in a style that feels like a perfect illustration of the billionaires now running the government. That
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NASA has scrubbed two graphic novels featuring female astronauts from its website, in a move that is in apparent alignment with the Trump administration’s anti-DEI stance. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies are those that generally promote fair treatment of people of all backgrounds. The Trump administration is not a fan of DEI—on the first day of Trump’s second term, the White House called DEI programs “illegal and immoral” and declared that the government is “committed to serving
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NASA and Boeing are still working to get the aerospace giant's plagued Starliner spacecraft back off the ground. It's been just over half a year since Boeing's issues-riddled shuttle came back from its journey to the International Space Station. Due to technical problems, NASA decided Starliner wasn't safe enough for NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to be on board, leaving them stranded in orbit. In a Thursday update, NASA revealed that NASA and Boeing are "making progress towar
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More than half a year after an empty Starliner spacecraft safely landed in a New Mexico desert, NASA and Boeing still have not decided whether the vehicle's next flight will carry any astronauts. In an update this week, the US space agency said it is still working through the process to certify Starliner for human missions. Whether it carries cargo or humans, Starliner's next flight will not occur until late this year or, more likely, sometime in 2026. Two things stand out in the new informati
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Under president Donald Trump and his number one henchman Elon Musk' orders, swathes of NASA are being laid to waste — and staffers are fuming. As CNN reports, mass layoffs gutting three offices this year have resulted in employees questioning the space agency's new leadership. Workers affected by the layoffs were only given 30 days' notice — instead of 60, as spelled out in federal government guidance — and have even been denied time-off awards. Sources told CNN that some affected employees wo
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is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. NASA and Boeing are preparing the Starliner for its next flight after technical issues left the spacecraft unable to ferry its astronauts back to Earth for months. On Thursday, NASA announced that it’s working with Boeing to “resolve Starliner’s in-flight anomalies” before a crewed flight that could take place later this year or in early 2026. The
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NASA is adding more food and consumable supplies to an upcoming cargo dropoff to the International Space Station (ISS) to sustain the crew after canceling a resupply mission slated to launch in June. A Cygnus spacecraft that was due to launch to the ISS in June sustained damage while traveling to the launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is no longer fit to fly. NASA was forced to cancel the Cygnus cargo mission, which was due to carry water, food, experiments, and other supplies
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NASA may be still committed to landing the first woman and person of color on the Moon sometime in 2027 as part of its Artemis III mission — but you wouldn't know it by visiting the agency's landing page for the mission, which no longer includes any mentions of "diversity, equity, or inclusion" (DEI) on president Donald Trump's orders. First spotted by British science journalist Oliver Morton, NASA's DEI purge has reached the page for its Artemis mission, which until at least February 28 includ
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With the vast majority of President Donald Trump's cabinet members now approved by the US Senate, focus is turning to senior positions within the administration that are just below the cabinet level. The administrator of NASA is among the most high-profile of these positions. Nearly four months ago Trump nominated private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become chief of the space agency, but he has yet to receive a hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Almost
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Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket into position between the vehicle’s two solid-fueled boosters. Working inside the iconic 52-story-tall Vehicle Assembly Building, ground teams used heavy-duty cranes to first lift the butterscotch-orange core stage from its cradle in the VAB’s cavernous transfer aisle, the central passageway between the building’s four rocket assembly bays. The cranes then rotate
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NASA terminated $420 million in “unneeded contracts,” according to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an entity established by executive order to slash costs across the federal government. The hundreds of millions in contracts are just the latest in a slew of cuts put into effect since the second Trump administration began in January. Many of the cuts have come in the form of layoffs, canceled grants, and terminated programs in the federal government’s science-focused agencies—from
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