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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:08
A Martian cloud atlas, LightSail wins big, and multiple missions coast toward launch.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:08
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch a mission to study the aftermath of DART's impact on the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:07
Weeks before the new fiscal year, Congress still hasn't finalized NASA's 2025 budget.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:07
Cameras on spacecraft are our eyes into the Cosmos. Sometimes they teach us things, sometimes they reveal gaps in our knowledge.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:07
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.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:06
Life thrives on Earth, and we even send evidence of our presence out into the Solar System. Is anyone out there looking for us?
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:06
A Planetary Society-funded project to understand asteroids achieved its main goals and scientific objectives this year.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:05
Looking at life on Earth from another perspective.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:05
From holes on Mars to a spun-around moon and a flipped reflection, space science involves looking at things from all different angles.
Updated: 2024-11-10 01:20:05
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.
Updated: 2024-11-08 15:30:00
It’s been a great year for space exploration. Now you get to pick the highlights.