Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy says the agency will 'move aside' from climate sciences to focus on exploring moon and Mars

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NASA's acting Administrator Sean Duffy says the agency will step back from climate science to focus on space exploration — highlighting a growing shift in the agency's overall mission.

The remarks echo President Trump's NASA budget proposal, which seeks steep cuts to NASA's Earth science initiatives, potentially putting several key missions at risk and raising concerns among researchers about gaps in climate monitoring and weather forecasts.