<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Proposed drastic cuts to science in Trump's 2026 budget request could impact physics and astronomy severely.</li><li>Potential cancellation of a US-based gravitational-wave detector, axing a ground-based telescope, and NASA missions.</li><li>National Science Foundation funding may drop from $9bn to $3.9bn, endangering major projects.</li><li>Concerns over cuts to next-gen telescopes like GMT and TMT; TMT's funding exclusion from NSF budget.</li><li>Possible closure of one of the twin LIGO facilities due to proposed 39.6% cut in operations.</li><li>NASA faces a 47% science funding reduction, leading to job losses and mission cancellations.</li><li>Critical reactions from scientific societies and physicists regarding the profound impact on research.</li><li>Criticism towards Trump administration's budget cuts and their potential detrimental effects on scientific progress.</li><li>Growing concerns about the decline in American investment in basic scientific research due to proposed cuts.</li><li>Ongoing debates and opposition from the US science community over the budget cuts and their consequences.</li></ul>

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

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