Tag: science
The White House’s proposed budget would cancel NASA’s Gateway space station project
The Trump administration’s preliminary 2026 budget proposes the biggest single-year cut to NASA funding in the agency’s 67-year history. The cuts are part of the White House’s broader government “skinny budget,” which aligns with Elon Musk’s DOGE wishlist. The NASA portion would gut the agency’s science programs, cancel the Gateway…
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Suborbital Salvage is a thrilling endless runner for Playdate that pelts you with asteroids and insults
Picture this: you’re zooming through space in a torpedo-shaped ship doing the dangerous job of salvaging material in a planet’s cluttered orbit when some giant, alien cousin of a fangtooth fish pops up out of nowhere and starts chomping at your tail. Pretty stressful day at work if you ask…
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Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a gigantic tower of gas and dust
As part of their ongoing celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope’s 35th anniversary, NASA and ESA have shared a new image of the Eagle Nebula, specifically a “spire of cosmic gas and dust” that’s in a region last captured by the telescope two decades ago. The tower in the image…
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Scientists film a living colossal squid for the first time
Scientists have caught a colossal squid on camera in its natural environment for the very time, according to a report by the BBC. This happened around 100 years after the species was originally discovered, proving just how vast and mysterious the ocean truly is. The squid is a juvenile, so…
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Amazon will start launching its Project Kuiper Starlink rival next week
Following recent tests, Amazon is finally ready to launch its Project Kuiper space internet project in a bid to rival Elon Musk's Starlink, the company announced. The first batch of 27 satellites on the KA-01 (Kuiper Atlas 1) mission are set to launch into low earth orbit (LEO) aboard a…
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The Partial solar eclipse will be visible at sunrise today: Here’s how to watch it
Today’s the day: A solar eclipse will darken the skies in the northeastern US and Canada in the early hours of Saturday. Unlike the “Great American Eclipse” of 2024, however, this will not be a total eclipse. Instead, this event will be a partial eclipse visible in parts of the…
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