Funding for science is very much on the chopping block in President Trump's proposed budget. It's a fraught moment for NASA, particularly for those focused on earth science and not human space travel.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and Nicky Fox, head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, discuss the paper published this morning in "Nature" presenting the best evidence yet of ancient ...

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of the Earth in 2029, reversing the Trump administration’s previous plan to ...

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Some NASA Earth science missions have been told to prepare termination plans given the potential for major budget cuts in the agency’s overall science activities. Rep. George ...

WASHINGTON — NASA scientists and engineers are demanding Congress help turn down the heat on an agency whose current leadership, they say, is burning down American dominance in space and science. A ...

Like all sponsors of science programs, NASA has had its ups and downs. What makes it unique is that its achievements and failures almost always happen in public. Triumphs like the moon landings and ...

NASA knew it was in for a grim year. In early May the White House published a preliminary budget that proposed drastic cuts in the agency’s funding, from $24.8bn to $18.8bn. That would bring it to its ...

About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion. By Kenneth Chang NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as ...

DENVER — The White House is proposing steep cuts in NASA’s science program that, if implemented, would cancel several major missions, contradicting claims by the administration’s nominee to lead the ...

The 47% budget cut would obliterate NASA's science program, experts say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a grand show of unity ...