Whether searching for extraterrestrial intelligence or building our very own space mission, The Planetary Society has a long history of advancing cutting-edge space science and technology. Now, we are ...

What happens when scientists fundamentally disagree about planetary bodies? It happens more often than you might think. These disagreements are often fundamental: How did the Moon get its craters?

If you’re getting ready to witness an eclipse, you’ll encounter some vocabulary that you might not know. Here is your complete guide to the terminology used to talk about total solar eclipses, partial ...

We’re not the only world with dazzling auroras. Moons, planets, and even comets can have their own light shows, and some are very different from what we have on Earth. Auroras can be big or small, ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is one of the most daring missions in the Solar System. Led by the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University, the mission made history in 2021 when it became the ...

The next chapter in Mars and exoplanet exploration. Accelerate progress in our three core enterprises — Explore Worlds, Find Life, and Defend Earth. You can support the entire fund, or designate a ...

Pasadena, CA (January 26, 2026) — After 15 years of transformative leadership, Bill Nye will step down as CEO of The Planetary Society and transition into two new roles: Vice Chair of the Board of ...

The Planetary Society announces a new partnership with GalaxyBox - the subscription box for space enthusiasts.

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft, MAVEN, was an orbiter dedicated to studying Mars’ atmosphere. MAVEN launched in 2013 for a two year mission. After more than 12 years, NASA ...

NASA's VERITAS mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2031 on a mission to study Venus and its past. VERITAS will tell us about the mechanisms that drove Venus from being habitable to hellish.

The Viking missions cost $1.06 billion, which paid for two orbiters and two landers that successfully touched down on Mars in 1976. This was a substantial investment, and, when adjusted for inflation, ...

Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft entered orbit around Venus in 2015. The mission's main goal was to study the Venusian atmosphere, and may have spotted the first hint of lightning on Venus. Contact with ...