NASA found a green flash on Jupiter and it should not be there

NASA scientists spotted a weird green flash on Jupiter — a bright, unexpected burst of green light that shouldn’t be there according to everything we know about the giant planet’s atmosphere. This glow shows up in data from powerful space telescopes and has astronomers scratching their heads,
Ars Technica

NASA is kind of a mess: Here are the top priorities for a new administrator

After a long summer and fall of uncertainty, private astronaut Jared Isaacman has been renominated to lead NASA, and there appears to be momentum behind getting him confirmed quickly as the space agency’s 15th administrator. It is possible, although far ...
NPR

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the missions would be permanently terminated, because the ...
CNN

NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear

Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes — as more than a dozen buildings ...
Ars Technica

NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader

Jared Isaacman, a pilot and financial tech billionaire, has commanded two groundbreaking spaceflights, including leading the first private spacewalk. But his most remarkable flying has occurred over the last year. And on Wednesday, he stuck the landing by ...