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Sean P. Duffy and NASA: Career, Policy Shifts, and the Debate Over the Agency’s Future

Since his appointment as Acting Administrator of NASA in July 2025, Sean P. Duffy has initiated a sweeping redirection of the agency’s priorities — emphasizing human exploration of the Moon and Mars while reducing focus on Earth and climate science. The changes have prompted both technical and sociopolitical debate across the aerospace community, industry, and within NASA’s own workforce.

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NASA Reopens Artemis III Lunar Lander Contract Amid Schedule Delays and Competitive Pressures

NASA is reopening the contract for its Artemis III lunar lander, a move that reintroduces competition into one of the agency’s most high-profile human spaceflight programs. The decision marks a significant strategic shift for the Artemis initiative, which aims to return American astronauts to the lunar surface later this decade.

Video Choice: Cosmic Accident Solves Jupiter and Saturn’s Silicon Mystery

Did you know a cosmic “accident” helped scientists unlock a decades-long mystery about Jupiter and Saturn? Using the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA researchers discovered silane in an ancient brown dwarf nicknamed The Accident. This rare chemical clue explains why silicon has been hidden in the atmospheres of gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn.

Image of the Week

The young stars in the stellar nursery N159 emit intense ultraviolet light and winds, causing the surrounding cosmic material to glow while carving out ridges and arcs.

N159 is located over 160,000 light-years away, within the Large Magellanic Cloud – one of our Milky Way’s satellite galaxies.

Milky blue gas and dark, ruddy swathes of dust cascade across the image, interspersed with several bright stars.

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

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