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— Fred Hoyle

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AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 5:00pm
As AI developers harvest Wikipedia content to train their models, the resulting surge in automated traffic is driving up costs for the non-profit that runs the popular crowdsourced encyclopaedia
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's Perseverance rover watches as 2 Mars dust devils merge into 1 (video)

Space.com - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 5:00pm
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a giant dust devil devouring a smaller storm swirling closely behind on the rim of Jezero Crater.
Categories: Astronomy

Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 4:00pm
A spider species eat their siblings as soon as they die but tolerate each other when they are alive, suggesting a mysterious signal helps them to determine when to dine on a nest mate
Categories: Astronomy

Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 4:00pm
A spider species eat their siblings as soon as they die but tolerate each other when they are alive, suggesting a mysterious signal helps them to determine when to dine on a nest mate
Categories: Astronomy

How to see Venus light the sky as the bright 'morning star' through fall 2025

Space.com - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 4:00pm
After putting on a great show in our evening sky since the fall of 2024, dazzling Venus puts on a spectacular showing for early morning risers for the balance of 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

Brain Structure That Filters Consciousness Identified

Scientific American.com - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 3:45pm

Our conscious awareness may be governed by a structure deep in the brain

Categories: Astronomy

Artemis ESM's Could be Repurposed for Future Missions

Universe Today - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 3:29pm

In a recent paper, an international team of scientists identified how the Orion spacecraft's European Service Module (ESM) could be reused. Rather than letting them burn up in Earth's atmosphere, as planned, they recommend that the ESMs use their power and propulsion capability to conduct valuable scientific research.

Categories: Astronomy

Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 3:00pm
Beekeepers often experience some seasonal losses, but this past winter, more than half of all US honeybee colonies died off, potentially the largest loss in US history
Categories: Astronomy

Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 3:00pm
Beekeepers often experience some seasonal losses, but this past winter, more than half of all US honeybee colonies died off, potentially the largest loss in US history
Categories: Astronomy

Whooping Cough Killed Two Children in Louisiana. Here’s How to Protect Kids

Scientific American.com - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 3:00pm

The bacterial infection pertussis has sparked an uptick in cases nationwide and has caused two deaths in Louisiana

Categories: Astronomy

HoverAir X1 PRO drone review

Space.com - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 3:00pm
The HoverAir X1 PRO is one of two new ZeroZero Robotics selfie drone models and is the more affordable option of the two with 4K video capture with a host of optional accessories available.
Categories: Astronomy

Utah’s Decision to Ban Fluoride Is a Bad Move for Kids

Scientific American.com - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:20pm

Becoming the first state to ban fluoride is going to cost Utah, both financially and dentally

Categories: Astronomy

NASA Leaders to Participate in 2025 Space Symposium in Colorado

NASA News - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:12pm
Credit: NASA

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro and acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche will lead the agency’s delegation at the 40th Space Symposium, Monday, April 7 through Thursday, April 10, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Petro will join Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Heather Pringle for a fireside chat to discuss NASA’s current priorities and partnerships at 12:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 8.

Additional NASA participation in the conference includes a one-on-one discussion with Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, and a lunar science and exploration panel featuring Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate.

A full agenda for this year’s Space Symposium is available online.

Conference attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about NASA’s missions and projects on a variety of topics during brief talks with subject matter experts in the agency’s exhibit space.

NASA will provide photos and updates about its participation in the Space Symposium from its @NASAExhibit account on X.

For more information about NASA, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov

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Amber Jacobson
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
amber.c.jacobson@nasa.gov

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Categories: NASA

NASA Leaders to Participate in 2025 Space Symposium in Colorado

NASA - Breaking News - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:12pm
Credit: NASA

NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro and acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche will lead the agency’s delegation at the 40th Space Symposium, Monday, April 7 through Thursday, April 10, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Petro will join Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Heather Pringle for a fireside chat to discuss NASA’s current priorities and partnerships at 12:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 8.

Additional NASA participation in the conference includes a one-on-one discussion with Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, and a lunar science and exploration panel featuring Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate.

A full agenda for this year’s Space Symposium is available online.

Conference attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about NASA’s missions and projects on a variety of topics during brief talks with subject matter experts in the agency’s exhibit space.

NASA will provide photos and updates about its participation in the Space Symposium from its @NASAExhibit account on X.

For more information about NASA, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov

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Amber Jacobson
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
amber.c.jacobson@nasa.gov

Share Details Last Updated Apr 04, 2025 EditorJessica TaveauLocationNASA Headquarters Related Terms
Categories: NASA

Scientists are using stellar 'quakes' to peer inside stars

Space.com - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:08pm
Scientists are probing stellar "quakes" to understand what lies beneath the surface of a star's body.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim

NASA News - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:04pm
NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait while wearing a spacesuit on July 17, 2024. In his first mission, Kim will serve as a flight engineer during Expedition 72/73 on the International Space Station. He will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on Tuesday, April 8.

Chosen by NASA in 2017, Kim is a decorated naval officer and medical doctor. He completed two years of training as an Astronaut Candidate; training included technical and operational instruction in International Space Station systems, Extravehicular Activities Operations, T-38 flight training, robotics, physiological training, expeditionary training, field geology, water and wilderness survival training, and Russian language proficiency training. In 2020, Kim began his support of International Space Station operations as a Capsule Communicator (CapCom) in Mission Control Center Houston and the Artemis program under the astronaut Exploration branch. He served as the International Space Station’s Increment Lead for Expedition 65 in 2021. He has continued to support mission and crew operations in various roles within the astronaut office including serving as the Operations Officer, T-38 Liaison to the Aircraft Operations Division and the interim ISS CapCom Chief Engineer.

Image credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Categories: NASA

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim

NASA - Breaking News - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:04pm
NASA/Josh Valcarcel

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait while wearing a spacesuit on July 17, 2024. In his first mission, Kim will serve as a flight engineer during Expedition 72/73 on the International Space Station. He will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on Tuesday, April 8.

Chosen by NASA in 2017, Kim is a decorated naval officer and medical doctor. He completed two years of training as an Astronaut Candidate; training included technical and operational instruction in International Space Station systems, Extravehicular Activities Operations, T-38 flight training, robotics, physiological training, expeditionary training, field geology, water and wilderness survival training, and Russian language proficiency training. In 2020, Kim began his support of International Space Station operations as a Capsule Communicator (CapCom) in Mission Control Center Houston and the Artemis program under the astronaut Exploration branch. He served as the International Space Station’s Increment Lead for Expedition 65 in 2021. He has continued to support mission and crew operations in various roles within the astronaut office including serving as the Operations Officer, T-38 Liaison to the Aircraft Operations Division and the interim ISS CapCom Chief Engineer.

Image credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Categories: NASA

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim

NASA Image of the Day - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:04pm
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait while wearing a spacesuit on July 17, 2024. In his first mission, Kim will serve as a flight engineer during Expedition 72/73 on the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Wind farm developers are worried about neighbours stealing their wind

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:00pm
Wakes from offshore wind farms can reduce the power generated by neighbouring farms – an issue that is growing more prevalent as turbines get bigger and more numerous
Categories: Astronomy

Wind farm developers are worried about neighbours stealing their wind

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 2:00pm
Wakes from offshore wind farms can reduce the power generated by neighbouring farms – an issue that is growing more prevalent as turbines get bigger and more numerous
Categories: Astronomy