Oxygen ions in Jupiter's innermost radiation belts
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Black hole at center of Milky Way unpredictable and chaotic
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Increased space missions risk extraterrestrial contamination
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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New theory finds upcoming satellite mission will be able to detect more than expected
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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It all comes down to the first electron
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Cosmic explosions offer new clue to how stars become Black Holes
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Are astronomers seeing a signal from giant black holes?
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Webb Begins Its Months-Long Mirror Alignment
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Vast bubble in interstellar space source of all nearby, young stars
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Researchers Observe Massive CME on Distant, Sun-Like Star
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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North Pole solar eclipse excited auroras on the other side of the world
Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:42![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Atomos Space secures funding to develop space tug business
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:45![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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Denver-based startup Atomos Space announced Jan. 12 it has raised the $5 million it had first sought in 2020 to develop its space-tug business, following an investment from early-stage investor Cantos Ventures.
NASA to start astrophysics probe program
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:29![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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NASA is starting to implement recommendations of the astrophysics decadal survey by announcing plans for a new line of missions and laying the groundwork for future large space telescopes.
Pentagon warns hundreds of programs in limbo until Congress passes full-year budget
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 17:45![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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U.S. military satellite procurements and contracts for launch services have been put on hold and cannot move forward until Congress passes a full-year defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022.
Space Force on track to absorb Space Development Agency this fall
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 16:33![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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The Space Development Agency, created in 2019 as a separate entity under the Office of the Secretary of Defense, will be transferred to the U.S. Space Force in October, the agency’s director confirmed Jan.