Ohio State professors like me have watched in horror as the symbol of American scientific might has been thrown to, well, the DOGE.

The project cancellation comes after NASA has already invested 15 years and $3.4 billion in the telescope, which is 90% complete.

Public domain In 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman was shocked to find that overnight, Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope had picked up a strikingly intense and narrow radio transmission ...