Author: Robin George Andrews

Robin George Andrews is an award-winning science journalist who regularly writes about space and geosciences for outlets including The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Atlas Obscura, and Quanta Magazine.

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U.S. Asteroid Defense May Be Weakened By Musk’s Budget-Slashing

U.S. Asteroid Defense May Be Weakened By Musk's Budget-Slashing
An artists illustration depicting the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test - DART spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system. Steve Gribben/NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

Funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of U.S. Congress. But with the change of administration, could it be under threat?

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