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Just got this news on the #NASA budget proposal by the president. #Astrophysics gets hit by a sledgehammer.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/trump-white-house-budget-proposal-eviscerates-science-funding-at-nasa/

#Astrodon #Astronomy

*  ~50 percent cut in funding. After the agency received $7.5 billion
for science in fiscal-year 2025, the Trump administration has proposed a
science topline budget of just $3.9 billion for the coming fiscal year.

* A two-thirds cut to astrophysics, down to $487 million; (1/3)