Policy Blog

Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) recently introduced the Dark and Quiet Skies Act, which seeks to limit the impact of light pollution and radio frequency interference from the space industry on...

On July 25th, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced their spending bill for Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies for FY25. Here we dive into some of the key details.

NASA has been planning reductions to Hubble and Chandra in the face of a tight budget for the Astrophysics Division. We discuss some of the future pathways for the missions as laid out in the most recent NASA...

The House mapped out its appropriations bills for NASA, NSF, and the Department of Energy and released a NASA reauthorization bill. Here we take a look at these bills and discuss what they could mean for our community.

Each year, the AAS brings volunteers to Washington, DC, to learn how to advocate for science as part of our Congressional Visits Day (CVD). In this guest post, Lindsey Wiser describes her experience at this year's CVD.

The National Academies are seeking recommendations for experts to be considered for the membership rotation or other engagement with the Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

We talked with Mark Clampin, Director of NASA's Astrophysics Division, about the status of the Astrophysics Division budget and how the Division is managing current and upcoming missions.

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On 11 March, the White House released its President's Budget Request (PBR) for FY25, which includes detailed funding priorities for NASA. In this post, we dig into what the PBR has in store for NASA's Science Mission...

Cuts to NSF in FY24 Appropriations are deep. What will this mean for astronomy, as well as our current and future telescopes and observatories?