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Proposed U.S. Grant Funding Rules Spark Worry, Backlash in Astronomy
The Office of Management and Budget envisions diminishing peer review and international collaborations.
NASA’s Budget Woes Are Over, For Now
Congress has rejected a draconian budget request, passing a bill that funds the space agency similarly to 2025.
Congress’s NASA and NSF Budgets Counter Trump, Fund Science
The House and Senate bill drafts keep NASA near current funding levels, but the Trump administration is prematurely readying the agency for heavy cuts
Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program That Was Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions
Trump’s first administration helped establish the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). His second administration wants to dismantle it.
“Shattering” NSF Budget Proposal Threatens Gravitational Wave Science
One of two Nobel Prize-winning LIGO sites is on the budgetary chopping block.
Are Proposed Science Cuts a Call-to-Arms? Or Armageddon?
Deep cuts proposed for NASA, the National Science Foundation, and other science-funding institutions are causing grave concerns in the community.
NASA’s Space Science Budget: Major Cuts Loom Large
The space science community is deeply concerned after recent reports that NASA's budget would be halved.
Federal Shake-up: Impacts on Space Science and U.S. Leadership
Ongoing efforts to streamline the federal workforce, with layoffs and funding cuts in the works, has already impacted scientists.
A New Hope? Taming the Satellite Swarm
Going by the paperwork, 1 million satellites are headed for the skies. The question is, how many of these are real? New policy may help stem the tide.
What's Next After the International Space Station?
NASA will end support for the International Space Station by 2030, transitioning low-Earth orbit to commercial operations.
Streetlights to Satellites: Taking Light Pollution to the United Nations
The United Nations' Office of Outer Space Affairs is considering issues of light pollution spanning from streetlights to satellites.
Did Astronomers See a Distant, Dying Star? Or an Earth-bound Satellite?
What seemed a lucky break — the discovery of a gamma-ray burst in the most distant known galaxy — might instead be the flash of passing space debris. As satellites fill low-Earth orbit, such events might become common.
What's in the New NASA Budget Proposal
The latest NASA budget proposal would invest in science in a big way, including a large increase in funding for space exploration.
Mars Sample Return Program Forges Ahead
It's full steam ahead for the joint NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return, a complex plan to collect bits of Mars and — for the first time — send them to Earth.
What's in the New Proposed NASA Budget
The President's 2021 budget request for NASA would push hard for human lunar exploration at the expense of several key programs.
SpaceX Launches Fourth Starlink Batch; Concerns Remain
Concerns about the night sky remain as the fourth batch of Starlink satellites — and the second one to be launched within the span of a month — takes flight.
NICER Maps the X-ray Sky
NASA's NICER instrument aboard the International Space Station is giving us a unique view of much of the X-ray sky.
NASA’s Budget Gets a Boost for the Artemis Moon Initiative
As the White House requests an extra $1.6 billion for NASA’s Artemis project, the agency moves forward with commercial partnerships.
NASA 2020 Budget Proposal Boosts Exploration, Downplays Science
NASA's Lunar Gateway and a return to the Moon are the big winners in the 2020 budget proposed for the agency; the futures of planetary and Earth science are less clear.
Government Shutdown Creates Financial Woes, Uncertainty for Astronomers
Among its many effects, the U.S. government shutdown has created a struggling postdoctoral program, delays in NASA missions, and problems for government scientists trying to continue their research.
