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White House moves to centralize control of billions in science grants

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  • The White House and the Office of Management and Budget are moving to take more control over billions of dollars in federal grants, NPR reported Wednesday.
  • The change would affect funding across housing, transportation, and other areas, but science and health research grants would face the most significant impact.
  • Scientists and advocates told NPR that the proposal would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. scientific research by placing greater grant-decision authority in the hands of political appointees.
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Webb telescope study suggests Neptune moon Nereid survived Triton crash

Illustration accompanying article: Webb telescope study suggests Neptune moon Nereid survived Triton crash
  • Scientists reported that Neptune’s moon Nereid may have survived an ancient disruption and remained an original companion of the planet.
  • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observations led a team at the California Institute of Technology to argue Nereid is not a “party crasher” like Neptune’s moon Triton.
  • The study said Triton’s arrival disrupted Neptune’s original moon system, scattering moons and putting them on collision paths.
  • The team reported that Nereid’s composition appears inconsistent with Kuiper Belt objects and instead points to Nereid being part of Neptune’s system.
  • The findings were published in Science Advances, and a separate astronomer called the result “an exciting result.”
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Illustration accompanying article: Webb study suggests Neptune moon Nereid survived the Triton collision