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  • NASA’s Webb telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus

    08/19/2025 10:31:49 AM PDT · by Fractal Trader · 46 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 19 January 2025 | Adithi Ramakrishnan
    The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles (10 kilometers) wide. It was spotted by the telescope’s near-infrared camera during observations in February. Scientists think it hid for so long — even eluding the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its flyby about 40 years ago — because of its faintness and small size. Uranus has 28 known moons that are named after characters from Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. About half are smaller and orbit the planet at closer range. This...
  • Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them

    05/25/2025 11:31:42 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 28 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 6:18 AM CDT, May 25, 2025 | CHRISTINA LARSON, ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN and JAMEY KEATEN
    As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants — and governments and universities around the world spotted an opportunity. The “Canada Leads” program, launched in April, hopes to foster the next generation of innovators by bringing early-career biomedical researchers north of the border.Aix-Marseille University in France started the “Safe Place for Science” program in March — pledging to “welcome” U.S.-based scientists who “may feel threatened or hindered in their research.”Australia’s “Global Talent Attraction Program,” announced in April, promises competitive salaries and relocation packages.“In...