Once a decade, the U.S. National Research Council convenes a panel of experts to prioritize federally funded ground- and space-based astronomy and astrophysics research for the 10 years ahead. The finished report, called the decadal survey, influences how NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy marshal their financial resources to give astronomers and astrophysicists the tools they need to tackle the discipline’s most compelling questions.

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