ScienceInsider: Trump’s proposed cut to giant physics experiment could snuff out new form of astronomy

The cuts in scientific spending in the United States under Trump are jeopardizing the gravitational wave astronomy project. It is planned to close one of the gravitational wave detectors, which are located in the States. There is still one left in Europe. The closure of one of the detectors means that the resolution of this complex of devices will be greatly reduced. The situation can be saved by the construction of a gravitational wave detector in Asia, by such large countries as China and India. But it seems that the new round of the arms race, provoked by Russia, puts an end to these wishes.

 

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Trump’s proposed cut to giant physics experiment could snuff out new form of astronomy

Degrading LIGO’s observations of gravitational waves would amount to “killing a newborn baby,” one astrophysicist says

10 Jun 2025 5:35 PM ET By Adrian Cho 

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