How do funding, workforce, and robotic lunar exploration compare between NASA's two lunar exploration programs?

On March 24, 2026, NASA leadership detailed new plans for the agency, involving lunar missions, Mars, and more.

Spacecraft are being built, and boulders are solving puzzles.

Connect with Planetary Society CEO Jennifer Vaughn and Society members across the U.S., Canada, and the UK.

Discoveries about the worlds of the Kuiper belt could revolutionize our understanding of the Solar System and its ancient past.

Planetary Society CEO Jennifer Vaughn answers questions about her history with the organization, her vision for its future, her love of space, and more.

As our ability to study space has improved, our definitions of planets have evolved.

Comets are ancient relics from the Solar System's formation that may have delivered water and the building blocks of life to early Earth.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has a great view of the Cosmos — and of the Earth below.

The giant planets of our Solar System all have rings, as do some dwarf planets and even asteroids. So why don’t Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars?