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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 Brings Its Lunar Ambitions into Focus with Moon Base Missions
Rovers, drones, and landers will usher in a sustained lunar presence, under the new plan NASA announced this week.
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.
NASA Faces Government Shutdown, Funding Fears Rise
While civil servants are furloughed or working without pay, funding for NASA remains uncertain.
Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Might Have Weird “Space Rainbows”
Scouring old data from NASA’s Cassini mission revealed puzzling atmospheric stripes that could help probe Saturn’s icy moon.
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.
Amid U.S. Science Funding Cuts, Europe Seeks Top American Talent
European nations and universities have pledged more than $850 million for international scientists.
Proposed NASA Budget Would Gut Space Science, Jobs
With more than 40 missions on the chopping block, the space community is holding on to hope that the budget is “dead on arrival” in Congress
Tariffs Alarm the Amateur Astronomy Industry
Lenses, electronics, and many other telescope parts are made in Asia, putting even U.S.-based manufacturers in a bind.
A Rare Kind of White Dwarf Could Foster Habitable Worlds
Extra amounts of an uncommon element — neon-22 — could re-energize some white dwarfs, and potentially make the systems habitable.
Mysterious “Little Red Dots” Give Clues to Early Black Holes’ Formation
A new look at small red galaxies known as “little red dots” reveals that they’re surprisingly abundant in the early universe.
Chasing the Eclipse from the Air
A solar-imaging instrument will fly on a high-altitude aircraft to explore infrared emission from the Sun’s corona.
Astronomers Discover 562 New Candidate Strong Lenses With Machine Learning
An international research collaboration trained computers to sift through millions of images for cosmic treasure.
