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Congress Rebukes Trump’s 2027 NASA Budget, Eyes Last Year as Baseline

Appropriators say the 23% cut imperils science, prompting a demand for NASA’s overdue 2026 operating plan.

NASA Chief Backs Revisiting Pluto’s Planet Status

Artemis II’s Return Spurs Merchandise As Critics Question U.S. Space Aims

House Panel Rebukes Deep NASA Cuts as Administrator Says Agency Can Do More With Less

Artemis II Crew Says Reflection Must Wait as Post-Flight Checks Continue

Artemis II Crew Breaks Human Distance Record as Orion Begins Far‑Side Moon Flyby

NASA Sets Artemis II Launch for Wednesday Evening to Fly Crew Around the Moon

Cornell Team Publishes Vetted List of 45 Rocky Exoplanets Most Likely to Host Life

NASA Publishes Artemis II Crew Menu for 10-Day Lunar Flyby

New Simulations Show Gravitational Collapse Can Build Kuiper Belt 'Snowman' Worlds

New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

CU Boulder Activates One-of-a-Kind Plasma Tunnel to Replicate Hypersonic Reentry

NASA’s IMAP Begins Two-Year Mission to Map the Heliosphere’s Edge

Earth-Size, Yearlong-Orbit Exoplanet Candidate Found 146 Light-Years Away

NASA Sets Artemis II Launch Windows for Early 2026 Lunar Flyby

Argentina’s Atenea CubeSat Ready for NASA’s Artemis II February Launch

NASA Resumes Search for Silent MAVEN Orbiter as Odds of Recovery Diminish

Study Finds Europa’s Seafloor Likely Inactive, Undercutting Hopes for Present-Day Life

NASA Defends Goddard Library Consolidation as Review Begins After Closure

NASA Sets Feb. 6–April Launch Window for Artemis II Lunar Flyby