In a stunning development, NASA’s official website has gone silent, displaying a message that the agency is not updating due to a lapse in federal government funding. This shutdown occurred at a critically inopportune moment, right as a comet known as 3I/Atlas was making a close flyby of Mars. The event forced NASA’s powerful Reconnaissance Orbiter to miss a prime opportunity to capture the best-ever images of the comet, leaving scientists in the dark about its true nature and representing a significant loss for astronomical research.

Why Has NASA’s Website Stopped Updating?

The American space agency’s homepage now carries a stark notice: “Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website.” Another section of the site states, “NASA is currently closed due

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