NASA Faces Backlash Over Proposed Budget Cuts to Chandra X-ray Space Telescope

NASA's proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 includes significant spending cuts that could force the Chandra X-ray Observatory, a crucial tool for astronomers studying black holes and neutron stars, to go dark. The potential shutdown has sparked outrage among scientists, who argue that it would deal a major blow to x-ray astronomy in the US. The observatory's unique capabilities and contributions to our understanding of the universe would be difficult to replace, and there is hope that the astronomy community's outcry may lead to a reconsideration of the budget cuts.