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How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery www.propublica.org/article/fede...
How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy DiscoveryA proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...www.propublica.orgYou may have never heard of the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. But they are the only federal agency supporting work that brings basic research & discovery down to practice: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/s...
Health Care Agency Discontinues Dozens of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality slowed the awarding of new grants last year. Now it is stopping existing ones.www.nytimes.comIt's the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system. (🎁 link as always) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/s...
Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet (Gift Article)It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.www.nytimes.comSpectacular starry views have raised a community of dark sky defenders along the border of West Texas. But with a wall slated to rise, they wonder: How long will the natural darkness last? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/s...
Dark Sky Defenders Raise Alarm Along the Border of West Texas (Gift Article)Residents fear that the Trump administration’s plans to build a border wall will threaten the region’s spectacular starry skies.www.nytimes.com
A nice write-up from @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social on local concerns about the admin’s plans to destroy some of the natural beauty of the Big Bend area — especially the night sky, as this is one of the least lighted areas in the country — with the construction of a border wall.
Dark Sky Defenders Raise Alarm Along the Border of West Texas (Gift Article)Residents fear that the Trump administration’s plans to build a border wall will threaten the region’s spectacular starry skies.www.nytimes.com
“The largest digital camera on Earth has finally started filming a motion picture of our universe,” writes @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social
Katrina MillerFor the next ten years, the Rubin Observatory will drink in light from billions of galaxies and stars, creating a crisp record of how objects streak, pulse and explode in our solar system, the Milky Way and beyond. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/s...
NASA named four astronauts who will be part of Artemis III, the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
Live Updates: NASA Is Announcing Its Artemis III AstronautsFour astronauts will be part of the next mission in the agency’s program to return humans to the surface of the moon by 2028. The recent explosion of a Blue Origin rocket could complicate matters.nyti.ms
In a historic moment, I was interviewed by fellow Black woman particle physicist Dr. Katrina Miller. Few people can understand my journey the way she does. We talked about my new book, why poetry matters, and yes, how the *fact* of non-trinary neutrinos challenges anti-trans rhetoric. #GiftLink
A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edgewww.nytimes.com"I have made you a book with a bunch of tidbits on the oddities of the universe," @chanda.blacksky.app said. "The universe is stranger and more queer and more wonderful and more full of possibility than whatever limitations you might be experiencing." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/s...
A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edgewww.nytimes.comFor seven years, the Hobby-Eberly scanned the faintest corners of the cosmos, drinking in light from ancient galaxies while stargazers below took advantage of the darkness to revel in views of our universe that are becoming increasingly rare. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
Dark Skies and Dark Energy Converge at a West Texas Star Partywww.nytimes.comA nice read from @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social about HETDEX (a program aimed at understanding dark energy) and the beauty and dark skies of west Texas, where the observations are taking place (at @texasscience.bsky.social’s McDonald Observatoy)
Dark Skies and Dark Energy Converge at a West Texas Star Partywww.nytimes.com
There it was: the swirly blue crescent of our planet, with all of us -- you, me, everyone we know -- in tow. Earth dipped ever lower on the horizon of a lifeless, pockmarked moon, a poignant farewell to the members of the crew as they plunged into radio silence. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/s...
First Photos From NASA Moon Flyby Show Setting Earth and Eclipsewww.nytimes.compart of Hansen’s astronaut training occurred at NASA alongside Wiseman. when aspiring astronauts join NASA's training program, their loved ones join a support network. this often leads to intimate bonds across families, even before a mission is assigned 🤍🕊️ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...
NASA Families Don’t Go to the Moon, but They’re on the Mission, Toowww.nytimes.comNASA’s Artemis II crew restored contact with Earth after flying around the moon’s far side, which had caused a planned radio blackout. Follow live updates.
Artemis II Live Updates: NASA Astronauts Call Home After Emerging From Moon’s Far SideThe four astronauts concluded a historic lunar flyby that included their greatest distance from the planet. “We will always choose Earth,” Christina Koch said in words to humanity.nyti.ms
