New fund would aid responses to floods, fires and storms. But a failure to address warming and greenhouse gas emissions undercuts the funding success, critics say.
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Launch your Lego festive fun with 25% off the Galaxy Explorer set
Walmart have knocked 25% off the popular 1254-piece Lego Icons Galaxy Explorer set this holiday season.
Build your own Lego minifigures as flown to the moon on Artemis 1
If NASA can send Lego minifigures to the moon, then you can assemble your own set at home. The agency and Lego Education launched a crew of four diminutive astronauts on its Artemis 1 mission.
Here's how the US Navy will fish NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft out of the sea after splashdown
The U.S. Navy has been training for years to recover NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday (Dec. 11).
Confirmed! James Webb Space Telescope has bagged the oldest known galaxies
Astronomers confirmed that four ancient galaxies detected by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early months of its operations are the oldest ever seen, nearly as old as the universe itself.
These Celestron beginner telescopes are over 30% off this holiday season
Amazon has festive stargazing discounts as you can save over 30% on the Celestron 70mm Travel Scope and 76mm FirstScope.
Holmdel Horn — Which Heard Evidence of the Big Bang — Is at Risk
Redevelopment plans could threaten the site that houses the Holmdel Horn, the instrument responsible for hearing the "hiss" of background radiation from the Big Bang.
China may enlarge its Tiangong space station
China may end up enlarging its Tiangong space station and perhaps use it to evaluate technologies needed for possible human exploration of the moon.
Naval Academy's NASA-inspired uniforms extend Army-Navy Game's space history
A long-lasting rivalry that first reached into outer space almost 60 years ago is bringing NASA's history onto the football field as part of this year's Army-Navy Game.
NASA drawing on Apollo to design Artemis moonwalkers' tools
NASA has built a new rocket and spacecraft to get Artemis astronauts to the moon, and it's developing a new toolkit for them to use on the lunar surface as well.
Star may have drawn scorching 'hell planet' into super-close orbit
The super-Earth exoplanet Janssen is so close to its star, a year is only 18 hours long.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 9 – 16
Mars, just past opposition, remains bright as it aligns between Aldebaran and Capella. Jupiter shines highest after dusk. And watch for the Geminid meteors.
Earth from Space: Fucino, Italy
Tucked away in the Fucino Valley, in central Italy, lies the Fucino Space Centre, where Telespazio will manage the early orbit activities of the Meteosat Third Generation Imager, set to launch on 13 December from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Japanese Billionaire Reveals His Round-the-Moon Crew
Four years after announcing that he’d lead an around-the-moon mission aboard SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has named the eight people he wants to fly with him.
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft set for return to Earth on Dec. 11
Artemis 1's Orion capsule is scheduled to return to Earth on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 11), wrapping up its historic mission with a Pacific Ocean splashdown.
Astronomers Have Found Two Temperate Super-Earths Orbiting a Nearby Red Dwarf
A team of astronomers has found two Super-Earths orbiting a red dwarf about 114 light-years away. The star, named LP 890-9, is the second coolest star found that hosts planets. Both the planets are likely temperate, and one of them “… is the second-most favourable habitable-zone terrestrial planet known so far,” according to the paper presenting the results.
Observing Report: Moon Occults Mars
Sky & Telescope editors report their observations of last night's celestial event: Mars grazing or disappearing behind the Moon.
Japanese billionaire unveils the 8 artists he'll fly to the moon on SpaceX's Starship dearMoon flight
A Japanese billionaire announced the eight people who will be flying with him around the moon as soon as 2023, including "Everyday Astronaut" YouTube channel creator Tim Dodd.
Rare Mars eclipse by the full moon wows stargazers with occultation (video)
On Wednesday (Dec. 7), skywatchers around the world were treated to a celestial show as the full moon eclipsed Mars at opposition in the night sky.
There's a Giant Magma Plume on Mars, Bulging the Surface out Across a Vast Region
Billions of years ago, Mars was a much different place than it is today. Its atmosphere was thicker and warmer, liquid water flowed on its surface, and the planet was geologically active. Due to its lower gravity, this activity led to the largest volcanoes in the Solar System (Olympus Mons and the Thetis Mons region) and the longest, deepest canyon in the world (Valles Marineris). Unfortunately, Mars’ interior began to cool rapidly, its inner core solidified, and geological activity largely stopped. For some time, geologists have believed that Mars was essentially “dead” in the geological sense.
