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EPA Funding Salvaged in US Congress Spending Bill

The EPA budget for 2026 rejects extreme cuts proposed by Republican representatives and the Trump administration. But advocates warn that significant cuts still jeopardize the agency’s ability to protect Americans’ health. By Liza Gross In a step toward heading off…

Trump says he’ll unleash Venezuela’s oil. But who wants it?

Shortly after launching a dramatic raid in which U.S. forces abducted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, President Donald Trump justified the action with a promise to revive Venezuela’s moribund oil industry. The country has by far the largest claimed…

PhysCOS Activities at AAS 247–Tuesday, 6 January

Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community PhysCOS Activities at AAS… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   PhysCOS Science Poster…

UK car sales top 2m in 2025 as Chinese brands boom

Electric car sales rose by nearly a quarter to a record 473,000, or 23.4% of the overall market, says SMMT A rise in the popularity of Chinese brands pushed total car sales in the UK above the 2m mark last…

NASA’s IXPE Measures White Dwarf Star for First Time

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Earlier this year, scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray…

NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission

Credit: NASA NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept – the first mission that would directly image Earth-like planets around stars like our Sun and study the chemical composition…

What’s Up: January 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Jupiter beams bright, Saturn and the Moon cozy up, and the Beehive Cluster appears Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest all year, the Moon and Saturn pair up, and the Beehive Cluster buzzes into view. Skywatching Highlights Jan. 10:…

Expedition 74 Gears Up for First Spacewalk of 2026

At center, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui assists NASA astronauts Zena Cardman (left) and Mike Fincke (right) during spacesuit checks inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. NASA The Expedition 74 crew is gearing up for the…