It only takes a few basic tips to start exploring the night sky.

Liquids do all kinds of interesting things on planetary surfaces, from creating rippled impact craters to streaming out from under carbon dioxide glaciers.

Good for space, bad for NASA? Here's what to watch for as NASA enters into Trump's second term.

It’s been a great year for space exploration. Now you get to pick the highlights.

Perseverance faces a hard climb, but New Horizons proves it’s worth going the distance.

Cast your vote for the best of space exploration and science in 2024!

From logos to policy to mission architectures, if you want to achieve something in space, you’ve got to design it first.

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An overview of what U.S. space policy might look like under a Trump or a Harris administration.

With the Sun at the peak of its activity cycle, we Earthlings get treated to some awesome sights. Plus, some truly awe-inspiring launches happened this week.

The Planetary Society is upgrading systems that will offer us many new capabilities and features that will enhance your membership experience.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched today aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Asteroids that come in pairs, matching volcanic features on Mars and Earth, and the potential space policies of two administrations.

The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft launched on Oct. 7, 2024, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will travel to the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system to study the aftermath of the first-ever field test of an asteroid deflection technique.

This week we look forward to launches, gaze at glowing auroras, and get creative with glitter.

Europa Clipper will soon head for Jupiter's icy, potentially habitable moon. Without the advocacy efforts of The Planetary Society and our members, the mission may never have been possible.

A Martian cloud atlas, LightSail wins big, and multiple missions coast toward launch.

Catch this comet over the next few days, and check back in a couple weeks when it may shine even brighter.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch a mission to study the aftermath of DART's impact on the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos.

For a mission that doesn’t aim to find alien life, Europa Clipper may come surprisingly close.