Space News

Beyond the unknown: The coming Kuiper belt revolution

Planetary Society News - Mon, 03/16/2026 - 10:00
Discoveries about the worlds of the Kuiper belt could revolutionize our understanding of the Solar System and its ancient past.
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Meet Jennifer Vaughn

Planetary Society News - Mon, 03/16/2026 - 10:00
Planetary Society CEO Jennifer Vaughn answers questions about her history with the organization, her vision for its future, her love of space, and more.
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How do you define a planet?

Planetary Society News - Mon, 03/16/2026 - 10:00
As our ability to study space has improved, our definitions of planets have evolved.
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Messengers of ice and time

Planetary Society News - Mon, 03/16/2026 - 10:00
Comets are ancient relics from the Solar System's formation that may have delivered water and the building blocks of life to early Earth.
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The view from the top

Planetary Society News - Fri, 03/13/2026 - 10:30
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has a great view of the Cosmos — and of the Earth below.
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Why do some planets have rings and others don't?

Planetary Society News - Wed, 03/11/2026 - 11:49
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?
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Stellar death and an Artemis overhaul

Planetary Society News - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 10:30
A planetary nebula teaches us about how stars die, and a new Artemis architecture changes our plans for Mars.
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Chang’e-7: China’s water-hunting lunar south pole mission

Planetary Society News - Tue, 03/03/2026 - 11:04
Chang’e‑7 is China’s mission to seek out water ice on the Moon.
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The impact of impacts

Planetary Society News - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 10:30
Collisions are often the reason things are the way they are in the Solar System today.
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What is a "planetary alignment"?

Planetary Society News - Thu, 02/26/2026 - 09:36
What to expect when multiple planets appear in the sky together.
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That’s a first!

Planetary Society News - Fri, 02/20/2026 - 10:30
From the first lunar landing to a leader’s first week in a new job, there are lots of firsts to celebrate this week.
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Historical NASA Budget Dataset

Planetary Society News - Sun, 02/15/2026 - 17:47
A comprehensive, open dataset of NASA budget requests, congressional appropriations, and workforce data from 1958 to the present.
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An interplanetary team effort

Planetary Society News - Fri, 02/13/2026 - 10:30
Although spacecraft may be isolated in space, they’re far from alone.
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Setting our sights

Planetary Society News - Fri, 02/06/2026 - 10:30
The future of space exploration is right around the corner.
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The Artemis II mission: What to expect

Planetary Society News - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 10:30
NASA is preparing to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The Artemis II mission will send a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the Moon and back to Earth. Here’s what to expect from the upcoming mission.
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NASA is funded. Now what?

Planetary Society News - Fri, 01/30/2026 - 14:23
With the upheaval of 2025 behind us, here's what we're looking for in space policy this year.
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Better together

Planetary Society News - Fri, 01/30/2026 - 10:30
Martian travel buddies, synchronized Sun science, and a proven leadership team.
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The next chapter begins

Planetary Society News - Mon, 01/26/2026 - 12:00
Longtime Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye is handing over leadership of the organization to take on a new role as Chief Ambassador.
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Comebacks, curveballs, and countdowns

Planetary Society News - Fri, 01/23/2026 - 10:30
Artemis II rolls out to the launchpad, two troubled space missions return safely to Earth, and a Mars mission is declared likely lost.
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NASA has lost a spacecraft around Mars. Is MAVEN gone for good?

Planetary Society News - Thu, 01/22/2026 - 09:00
A pioneering spacecraft has gone missing around Mars, and NASA says the mission is probably unrecoverable.
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