Potential cuts of up to 50 per cent of NASA's science budget could mean cancelling missions including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Voyager probes ...

Were I seeking to eliminate waste in the NASA budget, I might examine the $15 billion parceled out to a company that's been regularly raining debris all over the Caribbean, but that's just me.

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, broke with his party on Thursday and said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday ...