A few things of interest:

Something in Deep Space Is Sending Signals to Earth in Steady 16-Day Cycles

“Deep space” as in 500 million light years away. “Signals” as in a cyclic fast radio burst, the first of its kind spotted. The source of the signal and the cause of its periodicity remain unclear.

Starliner faced “catastrophic” failure before software bug found

Back in December, the Boeing Starliner capsule that failed to meet up with the ISS had bigger issues than previously disclosed. Had the issue not been detected and corrected, upon separation from the service module there may have been thruster firings that could have led to loss of the capsule. Whoopsie.

Trump’s next budget could give NASA a huge funding windfall

$25 billion next year compared to $22 billion this year. This is to support a return to the moon by 2024. Whether Congress will support that after about half of ’em just tried to overturn the last election is anyone’s guess.