NASA science programs

"During his final months as the chief of NASA's science programs last year, there was one mission Thomas Zurbuchen fretted about more than any other—the agency's ambitious plan to return rocks from Mars to Earth."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/the-mars-sample-return-mission-is-starting-to-give-nasa-sticker-shock/

Black Holes

"The motion of black holes and other massive objects through space can create ripples in the fabric of the universe, called gravitational waves."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/15-years-of-radio-data-reveals-evidence-of-spacetime-murmur

Mars Sample

"During his final months as the chief of NASA's science programs last year, there was one mission Thomas Zurbuchen fretted about more than any other—the agency's ambitious plan to return rocks from Mars to Earth."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/the-mars-sample-return-mission-is-starting-to-give-nasa-sticker-shock/

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

"A team of international scientists has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time."

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/webb-makes-first-detection-of-crucial-carbon-molecule

Space Philosopher

"First discussed in 1987 by space philosopher Frank White, the Overview Effect is a result of viewing Earth from space."

https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/opinion-virgin-galactics-use-of-the-overview-effect-to-promote-space-tourism-is-a-terrible-irony/

Stars

"Stars and their planets are typically named with numbers and letters from the surveys that discovered them. But those titles can seem nonintuitive and confusing to the public."

https://www.astronomy.com/science/iau-contest-names-20-new-exoplanets/

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)

"Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary bursts of energy occurring in mere milliseconds and with unknown cosmic origins."

https://www.astronomy.com/science/astronomers-detected-two-major-targets-with-a-single-telescope-a-mysterious-signal-and-its-source-galaxy/

Annular Eclipse

"On Oct. 14, an annular eclipse will cross the western U.S. from Oregon to Texas. Afterward, it will touch nine additional countries: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Brazil."

https://www.astronomy.com/observing/where-and-when-to-see-the-october-2023-annular-eclipse/

Study of the Stars

"If you want to study the stars, there’s no better place to start than close to home."

https://www.astronomy.com/science/explore-the-10-nearest-stars/?utm_source=acs&utm_medium=email&utm_email=yeremiah1%40gmail.com&utm_campaign=News0_ASY_230609_000000_SLV1SEG06M&eid=yeremiah1%40gmail.com

Artemis III

"Due to the unavailability of the SpaceX Starship, the third mission in the Artemis lunar programme is likely to be postponed by a year. This is the second time the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has postponed Artemis III."

https://gagadget.com/en/science/260062-nasa-wont-be-able-to-land-humans-on-the-moon-on-time-because-of-problems-with-the-spacex-starship/

Cassini Mission

"Using data collected by NASA’s Cassini mission, an international team of scientists has discovered phosphorus – an essential chemical element for life – locked inside salt-rich ice grains ejected into space from Enceladus."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-cassini-data-reveals-building-block-for-life-in-enceladus-ocean

Distant Galexies

"When astronomers used the JWST to look at a galaxy more than 12 billion light years away, they were also looking back in time. And when they found organic molecules in that distant galaxy, they found them in the early Universe."

https://www.universetoday.com/161793/jwst-sees-organic-molecules-ludicrously-far-away/