The 2025 Cosmos Award winner: Dava Sobel

You’d be forgiven for thinking that it was her lovely 2005 book “The Planets” that put…

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…

Peaks and troughs | The Planetary Society

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The LightSail mission: From concept to reality

As an independent, nongovernmental group, The Planetary Society was able to forge connections with Soviet scientists…

Not too hot to handle

How a spacecraft is able to touch the Sun. Source link

Extraterrestrial lights | The Planetary Society

We’re not the only world with dazzling auroras. Moons, planets, and even comets can have their…

Needles in the haystack | The Planetary Society

“Thanks to our members supporting our grants program, the awardees are able to make significant contributions…

Capturing magic | The Planetary Society

An arctic fox running across the sky, igniting sparks of every color; a horse-drawn carriage carrying…

It's not magic; it's magnetic!

The magnetism behind spectacular phenomena. Source link

A crisis we must rise to

NASA’s budget is officially in grave danger, but there are things you can do to help.…