• Twister, but make it magnetic

    Updated: 2024-11-29 15:30:00
    A Jovian storm has its roots in a magnetic vortex, life finds a way into an asteroid sample, and more this week in space.

  • 2024 Impact Report

    Updated: 2024-11-22 22:03:00
    In 2024, The Planetary Society championed the importance of space science and exploration through our advocacy and policy work, education and outreach, science and technology, and global collaboration. Review the key moments and achievements that defined our year with the support of our members in our annual impact report.

  • Gazing off into space

    Updated: 2024-11-22 15:30:00
    Turn your gaze to the heavens and you’ll find planets, stars, galaxies, and perhaps a new passion.

  • The best gifts for people who love space

    Updated: 2024-11-21 19:41:00
    From books to games to apparel and more, this collection of gift ideas (including some that don't cost a dime!) is perfect for anyone who loves space.

  • A beginner’s guide to stargazing

    Updated: 2024-11-19 15:00:00
    It only takes a few basic tips to start exploring the night sky.

  • Ripples and rivers

    Updated: 2024-11-15 15:30:00
    Liquids do all kinds of interesting things on planetary surfaces, from creating rippled impact craters to streaming out from under carbon dioxide glaciers.

  • Upcoming Book on Outer Space Resources Law: "Law and Regulation of Commercial Mining of Minerals in Outer Space"

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:39:22
    : : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 17 September 2011 Upcoming Book on Outer Space Resources Law : Law and Regulation of Commercial Mining of Minerals in Outer Space A new book from Dr . Ricky Lee entitled Law and Regulation of Commercial Mining of Minerals in Outer Space Space Regulations Library from Springer Press Due : February 10, 2012 From Springer Press . This monograph addresses the legal and policy issues relating to the commercial exploitation of natural resources in outer space . It begins by establishing the economic necessity and technical feasibility of space mining today , an estimate of the financial commitments required ,

  • B612 Foundation Website Update

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:39:21
    The B612 Foundation has updated its website. About them... The B612 is a non-profit organization founded by a group of astronauts and scientists whose goal is to predict and prevent catastrophic asteroid impacts on Earth. B612 aims to find potentially threatening asteroids, track their trajectories, and to demonstrate the technology to alter the orbit of an asteroid in a controlled manner.

  • SGAC Announces the Winner of the 2011 Move an Asteroid Competition ("Smart Cloud" for Asteroid Mitigation)

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:39:21
    : This area will cover relevant news of the threat to the planet from Near Earth Objects NEOs including concepts and designs for mitigation . All opinions are those of the . author 09 September 2011 SGAC Announces the Winner of the 2011 Move an Asteroid Competition Smart Cloud for Asteroid Mitigation The Space Generation Advisory Council SGAC announced the winner of its 2011 Move An Asteroid International Technical Paper Competition . Here is the announcement from SGAC . The winner , Alison Gibbings , is currently is currently a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde within the Advanced Concept Laborator in Glasgow , Scotland . She will be on National Public Radio NPR radio show Science Friday Here is the NPR show information Her proposal outlined in the paper is for a Smart Cloud

  • Cloudy skies, smooth sailing

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:22
    A Martian cloud atlas, LightSail wins big, and multiple missions coast toward launch.

  • How to spot Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:22
    Catch this once-in-a-lifetime comet over the next few days.

  • The Hera launch: What to expect

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:22
    The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch a mission to study the aftermath of DART's impact on the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos.

  • Could Europa Clipper find life?

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:22
    For a mission that doesn’t aim to find alien life, Europa Clipper may come surprisingly close.

  • Where Congress Stands on NASA's 2025 budget

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:22
    Weeks before the new fiscal year, Congress still hasn't finalized NASA's 2025 budget.

  • Spacecraft, what do your robot eyes see?

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:22
    Cameras on spacecraft are our eyes into the Cosmos. Sometimes they teach us things, sometimes they reveal gaps in our knowledge.

  • The Europa Clipper launch: What to expect

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:22
    NASA is preparing to launch its flagship mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. Launching sometime in October 2024 and arriving in 2030, the mission will explore the icy world with a subsurface ocean that scientists think could have conditions favorable to life.

  • Someone’s aliens

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:21
    Life thrives on Earth, and we even send evidence of our presence out into the Solar System. Is anyone out there looking for us?

  • New insights into asteroid properties: A STEP Grant update

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:21
    A Planetary Society-funded project to understand asteroids achieved its main goals and scientific objectives this year.

  • Earthlings as aliens

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:21
    Looking at life on Earth from another perspective.

  • Your impact: September equinox 2024

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:21
    Exploring Europa and defending Earth.

  • Extraterrestrial artifacts

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:21
    Could the Solar System host traces of other intelligent life?

  • Inside, underneath, backward, upside-down

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:21
    From holes on Mars to a spun-around moon and a flipped reflection, space science involves looking at things from all different angles.

  • The Tianlin Space Telescope

    Updated: 2024-11-10 02:38:21
    China is in the early stages of planning a huge space observatory to help answer the matter of whether we are alone in the galaxy.

  • Streaks and highlights

    Updated: 2024-11-08 15:30:00
    It’s been a great year for space exploration. Now you get to pick the highlights.

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