Congress plans to allocate $24.4 billion to NASA for fiscal year 2026, nearly $6 billion more than President Trump had proposed.
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Spain’s latest military communications satellite suffered a debris impact while headed to its orbital destination. The extent of the damage is still unknown.
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The Department of Defense is taking administrative action against former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly over remarks he made in a 90-second video in November.
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The new findings strengthen the “RNA world” hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead of DNA.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026.
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Space debris falling to Earth is a growing threat to aircraft, and experts are trying to reduce the risk.
But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO…the region’s getting a bit crowded.
NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars probes embarked on a ‘loiter’ trajectory after launch, and scientists say that extra time in space could have some consequences for the twin spacecraft.
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If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to recognize biology may no longer be enough.
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SpaceX launched the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2), sending an Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit.