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What's happening on the International Space Station while the government is shut down?

As the shutdown continues into its second month, many federal employees are furloughed. Some, however, keep working (mostly without pay at the moment), because they're considered critical to the ...

NASA group launches defense probe to protect Earth from Manhattan-size comet

A NASA-backed planetary defense group has reportedly begun efforts to pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS after it was observed emitting ...

Harvard scientist accuses NASA of ‘hiding’ critical evidence about Manhattan-sized comet 3I/ATLAS

Scientist Avi Loeb has accused NASA of withholding critical information about 3I/ATLAS — the Manhattan-sized interstellar ...
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Years before 3I/ATLAS, ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov lit the fuse on cosmic speculation: Where are they now?

Three interstellar objects; ʻOumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/ATLAS—have passed through the Solar System. This article details ...
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Venus loses its last active spacecraft, as Japan declares Akatsuki orbiter dead

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA) declared its Akatsuki spacecraft dead on Tuesday (Oct. 28), more than a ...
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NASA’s Hubble Just Found a Blazing Ring of Fire in Deep Space — Here’s What It’s Doing

A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a glowing ring of star formation in the heart of NGC 6951, a ...

NASA confirms China's Three Gorges Dam will continue to alter Earth's rotation and the effects are irreversible

The Three Gorges Dam in China continues to modify the Earth's rotation. This gigantic project, considered the largest in the ...
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Do rockets still launch during a government shutdown? How NASA could feel the effects

Moreover, NASA would send astronauts to the space station to replace those due to return to Earth as part of its crew rotation program. For instance, four astronauts on a NASA mission with SpaceX ...