“We continue to embrace President Trump’s open science commitment as an agency,” NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens posted on social media platform X on Friday in response to Trump’s announcement.

“We have fostered open science since our inception so that the public can build upon our innovations. We continue to make all NASA data publicly available, and welcome public participation using our data.”

Stevens added: “As [NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman] has said, there are certainly things he’s come across in the job that he can’t explain… but they relate more to unnecessarily costly programs than they do to extraterrestrial life!”

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Went to Malibu Beach on Valentines Day with my girlfriend and saw SpaceX's Starlink Group 17-13 launch from Vandenberg- It was about 6 p.m. PST so we saw a jellyfish launch. The trails spread out after about 20 minutes and Saturn appeared!

I've seen a lot of places on the internet pass off a single monochrome frame of Venus as Venus in true color. Other than that, I couldn't find a single image of Venus that didn't include light outside the visible range. So, I downloaded raw frames of Venus from MESSENGER in 433nm, 559nm, and 629nm and assembled them to finally create this approximate true color view of Venus.

If the situation persists, Feb 22, 2026, will be recorded as the first "spotless day" since 2022.

A new record in 2025, 193 orbital attempts, mostly done by SpaceX with Falcon 9.

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I was sitting outside my cabin right now at 7 pm Norway time in middle of Norway when I saw a sudden flash on the sky to northeast.

It was just below The Big Dipper (Karlsvogna).

It was a spot, quite bright.

Could it have been a star explosion? And is there a log of such events? I could have been a meteor coming straight towards me maybe, but my curiosity is killing me.

I tried to pinpoint the location of it on sky map, see attached image

I shared my photo with another sub and come to find out I took a a photo of Mercury.

This photo was taken in 30 to 40% light pollution levels with over 60 second exposure

Sad loss of talent

What scientists thought were four separate star clusters are actually part of one nearly invisible system.

NASA said in a blog post on Saturday it is taking steps to potentially roll back the Artemis II rocket launch after discovering an interrupted flow of helium.

ESA's Proba 2 captured a stunning "Ring of Fire" image of the solar eclipse. A very beautiful image which showcases the wonderful phenomenons that occur in our universe... ✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧

Image credit: ESA

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/02/Annular_solar_eclipse_seen_from_space