Tuesday, September 30, 2025

How will a government shutdown affect NASA? | Rubin Observatory gets an algorithm update

Tumbleweed rovers may roll across Mars | Hubble Telescope quiz
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September 30, 2025
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Happy Tuesday space fans!
Our newsroom is buzzing this morning with lots of headlines for your daily read, beginning with how a government shutdown will affect NASA, from astronauts on the ISS to future missions to Mars.

Other stories for today include a new algorithm that should improve the Rubin's Observatory images, SpaceX targeting October 13 for the next Starship launch and International Observe the Moon Day 2025 coming on October 4.

It's also Trivia Tuesday and our quiz for the week is all about the Hubble Space Telescope. We have all that and more for your newsletter.

Keep looking up,
Kenna
Content Manager, Space.com
 
How would a government shutdown affect NASA?
How would a government shutdown affect NASA?
International Space Station astronauts can breathe easy -- other NASA missions not so much.
 
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'Space: Above and Beyond' at 30: A lost sci-fi gem
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Death to the Chig! We take a look back at this pioneering TV show on its 30th birthday.
 
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International Observe the Moon Night 2025: What to know
International Observe the Moon Night 2025: What to know
Over 700 events are scheduled for International Observe the Moon Night 2025.
 
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Skywatcher snaps gorgeous pic of Andromeda Galaxy
Skywatcher snaps gorgeous pic of Andromeda Galaxy
The Milky Way's closest neighbor shines in a spectacular new astrophotography portrait.
 
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Rubin's new algorithm could rival space telescopes
Rubin's new algorithm could rival space telescopes
The algorithm models the blurring incurred by Earth's atmosphere and counteracts it, producing sharp and clear images.
 
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World space leaders eye moon and Mars missions
World space leaders eye moon and Mars missions
"The exploration of the moon is going to be a continuous activity."
 
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SpaceX
 
SpaceX targeting Oct. 13 for next Starship launch
SpaceX targeting Oct. 13 for next Starship launch
Flight 11 will be the last launch of Starship's current "Version 2" iteration.
 
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Future tumbleweed rovers could roll across Mars
Future tumbleweed rovers could roll across Mars
A fleet of ball-shaped rovers could drift across the Martian surface like tumbleweed, driven simply by the wind.
 
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Cherry Jones on 'Foundation' S3's fiery relationship
Cherry Jones on 'Foundation' S3's fiery relationship
Her bedroom romp with Empire heralds a wicked tongue-lashing for his heinous galactic crimes.
 
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Hubble trouble: Can you handle the cosmic challenge?
Hubble trouble: Can you handle the cosmic challenge?
This quiz is your chance to dive into the wonders of Hubble's legacy
 
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Today in Space
 
On this day: Sept. 30, 2016: Rosetta spacecraft crashes
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On Sept. 30, 2016, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft purposely crashed into a comet.
 
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Image of day: Telescopes scan skies in Atacama Desert
A long-exposure image taken from Cerro Pachón captures the luminous road connecting two of Chile's most important astronomical sites.
 
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Thermal phase slips in superconducting films and Boussinesq equation

A dissipationless supercurrent state in superconductors can be destroyed by thermal fluctuations. Thermally activated phase slips provide a finite resistance of the sample and are responsible for dark counts in superconducting single photon detectors. The activation barrier for a phase slip is determined by a space-dependent saddle-point (instanton) configuration of the order parameter. In the one-dimensional wire geometry, such a saddle point has been analytically obtained by Langer and Ambegaokar in the vicinity of the critical temperature, $T_c$, and for arbitrary bias currents below the critical current $I_c$. In the two-dimensional geometry of a superconducting strip, which is relevant for photon detection, the situation is much more complicated. Depending on the ratio $I/I_c$, several types of saddle-point configurations have been proposed, with their energies being obtained numerically. We demonstrate that the saddle-point configuration for an infinite superconducting film at $I\to I_c$ is described by the exactly integrable Boussinesq equation solved by Hirota&#039;s method. The instanton size is $L_x\sim\xi(1-I/I_c)^{-1/4}$ along the current and $L_y\sim\xi(1-I/I_c)^{-1/2}$ perpendicular to the current, where $\xi$ is the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length. The activation energy for thermal phase slips scales as $\Delta F^\text{2D}\propto (1-I/I_c)^{3/4}$. For sufficiently wide strips of width $w\gg L_y$, a half-instanton is formed near the boundary, with the activation energy being 1/2 of $\Delta F^\text{2D}$.

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Monday, September 29, 2025

A Venus mystery is finally solved | MakeMake's methane surprise | Lego science set review

China's space station gets more shielding | Updates on Predator: Badlands
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It's Monday space fans!
We have lots of stories for your daily read, starting with the mystery of Venus's crown-like features getting finally solved. 

Other headlines for today include Chinese astronauts adding more shielding to Tiangong space station, a review of perhaps the coolest Lego science set ever and the surprise find on dwarf planet MakeMake. We have all that and more for your newsletter. 

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Mystery of Venus' crown-like features finally solved
Mystery of Venus' crown-like features finally solved
Scientists have proposed a new explanation for Venus' giant, crown-shaped geological features, known as coronae.
 
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Chinese crew installs shielding on Tiangong station
It was the fourth spacewalk of the Shenzhou 20 mission.
 
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Space quiz! Why are Venus and Earth considered "twin" planets
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History of science Lego set wows reviewers
History of science Lego set wows reviewers
This might just be one of our favorite science-themed Lego sets ever made.
 
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Surprise methane on dwarf planet Makemake
Surprise methane on dwarf planet Makemake
"It shows that Makemake is not an inactive remnant of the outer solar system, but a dynamic body where methane ice is still evolving."
 
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Unexploded bombs can pose a growing climate risk
Unexploded bombs can pose a growing climate risk
One of the key ways war leads to environmental harm is by leaving behind unexploded weaponry.
 
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SpaceX sends Starlinks up from Vandenberg
SpaceX sends Starlinks up from Vandenberg
Liftoff occurred at 10:04 p.m. EDT on Sunday (Sept. 28).
 
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Entertainment
 
Updates on Predator's return to the silver screen
Updates on Predator's return to the silver screen
After the success of Prey, Predator returns to the big screen with Predator: Badlands, a new theatrical movie set in the far future on another world.
 
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Today in Space
 
'This Week in Space' podcast: Meet Artemis 2 crew
'This Week in Space' podcast: Meet Artemis 2 crew
Who Will Fly to the Moon in 2026?
 
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On this day: Sept. 29, 1977: Salyut 6 station launches
 
On this day: Sept. 29, 1977: Salyut 6 station launches
On Sept. 29, 1977, the Soviet Union launched its Salyut 6 space station into orbit.
 
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Image of Day: Hubble finds galaxy with puzzling shape
Image of Day: Hubble finds galaxy with puzzling shape
NGC 2775 has features of both spiral and elliptical galaxies.
 
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