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Archive for February, 2025

Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce

February 20th, 2025 by me

After the space community braced for a brutal shake-up at NASA this week, a last-minute decision on Tuesday (Feb. 18) spared over 1,000 agency employees on probationary status from being dismissed.

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Lego Marvel Logo & Minifigures set review

February 20th, 2025 by me

It’s not the most exciting set, but Lego Marvel Logo & Minifigures expertly achieves what it sets out to do.

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Largest-ever discovery of ‘missing link’ black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)

February 20th, 2025 by me

Using a revolutionary dark energy camera, astronomers have discovered the largest haul of “missing link” intermediate-mass black holes ever seen, but there should have been more.

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The next giant leap? How jumping could help astronauts train for trips to the moon and Mars

February 20th, 2025 by me

Scientists suggest adding jumping exercises to astronauts’ training regimens, to minimize the health effects of long space missions, such as moon and Mars trips.

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Want a workout? Try walking to the top of the world’s largest telescope (photo)

February 19th, 2025 by me

The world’s largest telescope continues to take shape on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video)

February 19th, 2025 by me

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander lowered its orbit around the moon Tuesday (Feb. 18), sending back gorgeous footage from just over the lunar surface.

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7 planets are aligned in the night sky right now. But what’s that mean for science?

February 19th, 2025 by me

In February 2025, all seven of our planetary neighbors will be visible from Earth. So what does such a planetary alignment mean for science? Well, not much — unless you’re an interplanetary spacecraft.

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I want to believe — but yet another massive search for alien technosignatures just turned up nothing

February 19th, 2025 by me

Hunting for alien civilizations isn’t a matter of just waiting around for them to show up; it’s the business of combing through enormous volumes of data to look for peculiar signals.

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