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US astronomy facing ‘extinction level’ event following Trump’s 2026 budget request

17 Jun 2025

US president Trump sets out his budget request for 2026, which if passed, will see science hit like never before, as Peter Gwynne reports

Aerial photo of a scientific facility with two long
Under threat The budget, if passed by Congress, could mean the closure of one of the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory facilities. (Courtesy: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab)
The administration of US president Donald Trump has proposed drastic cuts to science that would have

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Peter Gwynne is Physics World’s North America correspondent
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