Planetary Society News

The latest stories from The Planetary Society, featuring humanity's quest to explore worlds, find life, and defend Earth.
Updated: 6 hours 18 min ago
Volcanic inactivity
Most of the Solar System’s volcanoes are dead — but not all of them. NASA’s budget is still in trouble, but people are speaking up.
Categories: Space News
The 2025 Cosmos Award winner: Dava Sobel
The Planetary Society is proud to announce the newest recipient of the Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science, author Dava Sobel.
Categories: Space News
Peaks and troughs
The Sun’s activity is peaking, while NASA’s budget is facing historic lows.
Categories: Space News
The LightSail mission: From concept to reality
How a grassroots movement sailed on sunlight.
Categories: Space News
NASA's disastrous 2026 budget proposal in seven charts
The White House has put forward a radical, wasteful proposal for NASA. We have the data to prove it.
Categories: Space News
A crisis we must rise to
NASA’s budget is officially in grave danger, but there are things you can do to help.
Categories: Space News
New NASA budget would shut down 41 space missions
Proposed NASA cuts would cancel dozens of space missions — including spacecraft already paid for, launched, and making discoveries.
Categories: Space News
Growing and shrinking
Planets and moons change size all the time, whether by attracting mass, shrinking in volume, or spewing their insides out of volcanoes.
Categories: Space News
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