Keeping an eye on things
Updated: 2024-03-29 14:30:00
Measuring changes in the Moon’s size, watching for eruptions on the Sun’s surface, and monitoring budget developments.
NASA's FY 2025 budget request is not enough
Updated: 2024-03-25 22:30:00Federal spending caps and inflation take a bite out of NASA's ambitions.NASA's Europa Clipper Will Probe for Life in The Plumes of Icy Moons
Updated: 2024-03-25 15:00:00NASA's Europa Clipper is set to look for signs of life on the icy moons of Enceladus and Europa. Learn about the development of tools that led us here.Is the Moon shrinking?
Updated: 2024-03-25 14:00:00The Moon is shrinking in both actual volume and its apparent size from Earth’s perspective. We explain how scientists know this, why it happens, and how it might affect Earth.Hidden depths and a cosmic mystery
Updated: 2024-03-22 14:30:00Jupiter has much more going on beneath its outer clouds, and NASA invites players to unravel a fictional mystery.Queqiao-2: China’s bridge for lunar exploration
Updated: 2024-03-22 14:00:00China's Queqiao-2 spacecraft will relay communications to Earth to support lunar far side and south pole missions, including missions led by international partners.The Planetary Society advocacy priorities in NASA’s final 2024 budget
Updated: 2024-03-20 07:00:00Funding for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor, support for VERITAS, and a second lease on life for Mars Sample Return were all included in the final congressional budget for NASA in 2024.How to find eclipse events in your area
Updated: 2024-03-18 14:00:00There are hundreds of eclipse events being held all across North America. Here's how to find one near you.NASA's Search for Life on Mars Faces Issues With Rovers and Budget
Updated: 2024-03-16 13:00:00The surface of Mars is cold, dry and rocky, and NASA rovers are exploring it.Jupiter’s Moon Io Is Alive With Volcanic Activity, Despite Its Initial ‘Dead Moon’ Image
Updated: 2024-03-15 17:00:00Signs of volcanoes abound in new images of Io, the most active moon in our solar system. But the moon wasn’t always famous for its plumes and lava lakes.Transits are cool, but…
Updated: 2024-03-15 14:30:00A moon transiting the Sun is awesome, but still doesn’t quite compare to a total solar eclipse. Learn why, find out about Europa Clipper’s message in a bottle, and more.Red Rover Goes to Mars, 20 years later
Updated: 2024-03-12 16:48:00Twenty years ago, a Planetary Society program sent students to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to work on the Mars Exploration Rovers program.NASA's FY 2025 Budget
Updated: 2024-03-12 06:00:00The White House proposed $25.4 billion for NASA in 2025, a modest increase from the previous year, and far less than originally planned.Your impact: March equinox 2024
Updated: 2024-03-11 14:01:00Announcing the first C. Wallace Hooser award for visionary philanthropySeizing upon syzygy
Updated: 2024-03-11 14:01:00How scientists use total solar eclipses as opportunities to do solar science.An exquisite cosmic coincidence
Updated: 2024-03-11 14:01:00Why eclipses on Earth are unlike anything else in the Solar System.Science to satisfy curiosity
Updated: 2024-03-08 15:30:00The Curiosity rover is climbing a mountain to gain knowledge. Bringing back Mars samples will gain us even more.The science value of Mars Sample Return
Updated: 2024-03-05 15:00:00The project has the potential to transform our understanding of the Solar System and provide evidence of life beyond Earth.