Space News
NASA is funded. Now what?
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
Martian travel buddies, synchronized Sun science, and a proven leadership team.
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The next chapter begins
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
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?
A pioneering spacecraft has gone missing around Mars, and NASA says the mission is probably unrecoverable.
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You just saved NASA's budget
Here's what Congress rejected of the draconian cuts faced by NASA in FY 2026.
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On cloud nine
This week: a new celestial object and some hopeful news for NASA.
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A new year around the Sun
Looking forward to the space missions, celestial events, and discoveries of 2026.
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Calendar of space events 2026
Space missions, rocket launches, and celestial events are coming our way in 2026.
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Ending 2025 with a bang
We’re finishing the year strong, thanks to amazing space images, fantastic discoveries, and phenomenal support from people like you.
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Job opening: Director of Strategic Giving
The Planetary Society seeks a strategic and relationship-driven fundraising professional to serve as its Director of Strategic Giving.
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Rogue worlds and the boundaries of planethood
Exploring rogue planets, how they form, and how they expand our conception of what counts as a planet.
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Pictures, pixels, and picks
Great pictures of a planet and a comet, and great picks from a year of our virtual book club.
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The Planetary Society's 2025 book club review
Looking back on our book club picks from the last twelve months.
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Which stars could host alien life?
Every star in the Universe creates a different environment for the worlds around it.
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How do you fit the Solar System on a shirt?
Our newest member perk isn't just a cool piece of apparel — it's a reflection of the science of design.
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Mostly monochromatic
Black-and-white space images and the science that goes with them.
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The year in pictures 2025
The most memorable and impactful images from space exploration in 2025.
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Saving NASA science: Reflections on a historic year for space advocacy
Reflections on a historic year for space advocacy.
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