A “slow bleed” of funding threatens NASA’s science flagships

NASA’s overall science budget in the FY25 request is nearly $1 billion less than what the agency expected last year it would have available. Read More

Researchers ‘Shocked and Disappointed’ After NSF Budget Cuts

University researchers and their advocates expected even more funding opportunities in the years to come after Congress passed the CHIPS and Science ... The NSF did end up receiving $338 million in ... Read More

NASA budget woes could doom $2 billion Chandra space telescope

The telescope’s uncertain status is part of an acute budgetary problem at NASA that is pitting flat funding against big ambitions. Read More

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NASA recently asked the scientific community to help come up with innovative ideas for ways to carry out its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. This was in response to a report by an independent ... Read More

Science News celebrates 100 years

For a century, Science News has been covering the latest advances in science, medicine and technology. While the always-evolving nature of science is inspiring, it’s the themes that endure ... Read More

Planetary science articles from across Nature Portfolio

Planetary science is the study of the celestial bodies that orbit stars, with a particular focus on our own solar system. This includes studying the formation and evolution of planets, the moons ... Read More

NASA seeks help from private companies for expensive Mars Sample Return mission

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from $5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip to ... Read More

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The best new science fiction books of May 2024

A new Stephen King short story collection, an Ursula K. Le Guin reissue and a celebration of cyberpunk featuring writing from Philip K. Dick and Cory Doctorow are among the new science fiction titles ... Read More

Astronomy and planetary science articles from across Nature Portfolio

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena ... sheds light on how stars formed when the Universe was in its infancy. Phase-resolved mid-infrared observations from ... Read More

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Feb. 1, 2023 — People who share a political ideology have more similar 'neural fingerprints' of political words and process new information in similar ways, ... U.S. Political Partisanship ... Read More

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The UAE has been trying to control its weather for years, and the US does it too. Dubai's torrential floods are linked to humans changing the weather, just not ... them to Earth got too expensive. Read More