How old is the Earth?

The Earth is thought to be about 4.54 billion years old. Learn more about how it…

Aquatic equivalencies | The Planetary Society

The waters of Enceladus are a tantalizing place in the search for life. Phosphorus, a key…

Life on Venus: Your Questions Answered

Did life exist on Venus in the past? Because liquid water is the key to life…

LightSail 2 Mission Control | The Planetary Society

Become A Member When you become a member, you join our mission to increase discoveries in…

Membership & Giving | The Planetary Society

Workplace Giving Give a gift – of cash or stock – and multiply it through your…

Far out, man! | The Planetary Society

NASA has restored contact with Voyager 2. The spacecraft, which has been traveling away from Earth…

Are exoplanet ‘terminator zones’ a lead in…

Terminator zones and the search for life For a terminator zone to be potentially habitable, it…

Hasta la vista, baby | The Planetary Society

Perseverance and Ingenuity are still hard at work on Mars. The Ingenuity helicopter took its 54th…

Storms and showers | The Planetary Society

Megastorms on Saturn are churning up its atmosphere. Researchers in the United States used data from…

Total solar eclipse 2024: Why it’s worth…

Animals may think it’s time for bed Throughout recorded history, citizens and scientists have noticed strange…