Friday, June 19, 202619 stories
NASA races to save Swift, Webb rewrites star cluster
Today's science news is bookended by two NASA missions: one racing against orbital decay to rescue a 22-year-old telescope, another reclassifying a Milky Way relic. Meanwhile, the theoretical physics beat offers a meditation on black holes and time travel, and a new Alzheimer's screening method emerges from retinal imaging.
Wednesday, June 17, 202619 stories
NSF cuts key ocean observatory, stuns scientists
The biggest science news today is the abrupt dismantling of a major ocean monitoring network by the NSF, raising alarms about U.S. commitment to marine research. Meanwhile, a photo of humpback whales mating reveals same-sex behavior for the first time, and a study offers a new explanation for Mars's missing atmosphere. A few papers also advance materials science and quantum computing.