NASA has a proposal to re-commission the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft for the exact purpose. It's healthy, & up for a 2029 mission—total cost $200 Million, $50 Million already spent. President Trump wants to kill it. Here's more on the OSIRIS-APEX mission - osirisrex.arizona.edu/osiris-apex

NASA released some shape models of four of Saturn's moons. These have every lump and bump; they're not simple spheres. Here's a test render I did in #Blender showing #Mimas in false color - red is high, blue low. Clearly shows how non-spherical it is! #sciart #spaceart 1/2

For those who wish to listen to the 10 September #NASA Mars 2020 Rover Perseverance announcement, here's the #YouTube Link www.youtube.com/watch?v=-StZ...

A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."

Just reupping this. Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.

In order to get a weather forecasting job with the National Weather Service, applicants now have to name at least two Trump Executive Orders and state how they plan to help support them. Which is ridiculous and shame on every MIC that allows that nonsense in their WFO!

NASA’s PDCO Planetary Defenders #PlanetaryScience youtu.be/jOb2DQWvDvc?...

This is a shocking executive order that undermines the very idea of open inquiry. It turns federal grants into dispensations, subject to arbitrary and capricious withdrawal should the recipient say or believe the wrong things. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

New executive order IMPROVING OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL GRANTMAKING www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“I was threatened with being referred to the FBI... They also threatened to stain my record so I would never get a job again. They also threatened with an extended detention if I didn’t give them the passwords to the student information or to my district files."

NASA is being radically reorganized, starting almost immediately. The Town Hall is here, if you're interested: video.ibm.com/channel/KKpg...

Need data to explain the disastrous proposed cuts to NASA? Here are seven charts that lay out why The White House’s FY2026 budget proposal poses a historic threat to NASA. www.planetary.org/articles/nas...

Happy pride month! I worked with some LA-based scientists and engineers, and we have a kickstarter for space pride t-shirts! Consider backing! 🛰️🏳️‍⚧️🚀🏳️‍🌈🪐 www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...

This is the #RIF that NASA can expect to endure - a reduction from 17,391 to 11,853 - so ... who will the unlucky 5,538 people be? Meanwhile let's gut the #NASA budget while simultaneously starting a crash program to beat China to #Mars - #EmbraceTheChallenge y'all

What is the fastest way to make China Great In Space? Simple: just do this one thing to the #NASA budget. #Slash

Breaking from @science.org: The Trump administration wants to kill off a host of active and healthy NASA climate and planetary spacecraft. It would be a "leaner, more focused" agency, they say -- and one far less capable of studying the Earth and exploring space.

GBO, which was trying to build the nextgen radar after the collapse of Arecibo, is on the decommissioning block… again. Sigh.

ESA folks finding zeroes for ExoMars, EnVision, Euclid, LISA, Ariel contributions, and so many more in those documents... the damage to international partnerships and trust would be incalculable if this budget proposal comes to pass...

"Gemini telescopes will operate at approximately 50% capacity and access to the telescopes at Kitt Peak and Cerro Tololo will be phased out." p 104 of the pdf.

BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science. Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition. This is just the start of our fight. Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition

Wow. This proposes cutting over 1300 civil servants from NASA Goddard, a 46% cut in staff.

Witness the *proposed* devastation of NASA science. If this concerns you, consider exploring the tools provided to make your opinions known: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...

The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.

🤯 This table is devastating but so important. Government funded science supports everyone from kids, to college students, to researchers.

The Presidents Budget Request for NASA is out. It’s a bloodbath Canceled are DAVINCI, VERITAS, Juno, OSIRIS-APEX, US participation in ExoMars and EnVision… Huge cut to R&A. No funding to begin development of the Uranus Orbiter. If you’ve ever cared about NASA, time to contact congress.

This regime's fixation on proving the "knowledge-class" was wrong about COVID is bizarre. These folks were asked to modify their lifestyle in reasonable ways to protect vulnerable people from a deadly virus & they were so offended by the notion that they are still furious about it. SMH

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

BREAKING NEWS: President Trump's administration confirms it is looking to end the constitutional right to due process, allowing them to lock up whoever they want for no reason open.substack.com/pub/newsbrea...

NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NASA’s #DragonflyMission, set to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, has passed its Critical Design Review. Led by APL and supported by U.S. industry, government and academic partners, Dragonfly is ready for the next phase and will launch in 2028. jhuapl.link/6a3

ROSES 2025 is now 69 days late. And counting.

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

While I was trying to wrangle reports of signs of life beyond Earth, @dangaristo.bsky.social was reporting on how ALL NEW RESEARCH GRANTS ARE BEING FROZEN AT THE NSF 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The new NASA documentary "Planetary Defenders" premieres here in about 1 hour. Live stream already started. Don't miss out! 🔭🧪🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOb2...

Puerto Rico goes completely dark after another island-wide power outage www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

From Skylar Grayson/Cole Meldorf/Abby Lee/Drew Lapeer/Catherine Slaughter: NASA is facing severe budget cuts that would cancel missions ready for launch, put tens of thousands out of jobs, and set science back decades. We need your help to ask Congress to prevent this! astrobites.org/2025/04/15/h...

They are further consolidating control over the priorities of federal science funding.

Assuming NASA can fund this work, of course.

White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

👩‍🚀 La NASA ha BORRADO por completo de su web los comics 'La primera mujer. Una promesa de la NASA para la humanidad' en inglés y español. Por supuesto, ya los tenía archivados en la web de InfoSondas y los puedes descargar y leer desde aquí www.infosondas.com?s=primera+mu...

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more www.newscientist.com/article/2474...

NASA terminating $420 million in contracts spacenews.com/nasa-termina...

NASA started terminating grants :(

Very good news: I'm hearing that the USDA employees discussed in this article have been returned to *active* duty, and that our reporting did have an impact.

NASA drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the Moon apple.news/AUCgt_vKZRV6...

We are assuming this was a planetary scientist traveling to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

BREAKING: A federal judge just found Elon Musk and DOGE likely violated the Constitution when they unilaterally acted to shut USAID. Judge Chuang blocked the Trump admin from taking action relating to the shut down of USAID and ordered Musk and DOGE to reinstate systems access to USAID employees.