The new US government wants to cut 20% overall and 50% in scientific research. This would mean the end of important NASA missions.

The preliminary version of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to Congress, known as a “passback,” would cut the agency’s science budget funding nearly in half.

The administration of Donald Trump has proposed nearly halving NASA’s science funding for 2026 — a move that has raised alarm within the scientific community, according to Bloomberg. The annual budget proposed by Donald Trump for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 2026 includes an almost twofold cut to the agency’s science