JWST has found rogue planets that may have formed like stars. The space telescope observed the young…
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Wow! Boom! Ultra cool! | The Planetary Society
Is nuking an asteroid a good idea? The idea of using a nuclear bomb to deal with…
Ramses: A new mission racing to land on…
Now, much of the Hera team is also working on Ramses. As Carnelli puts it, the…
A billion dollars short: a progress report on…
Budgetary highlights of decadal priorities There are many programmatic and mission recommendations in the decadal survey.…
What would happen if we nuked an asteroid?
Depending on the size and composition of the asteroid and the power of the nuclear device,…
Life in other worlds | The Planetary Society
Europa, like Mars, is thought to hide liquid water beneath its surface. This makes the moon of…
Why NASA does space science and not the…
Enabling scientific research is a responsibility of the government In the waning days of World War…
Mars may host oceans’ worth of water deep…
If life ever existed near the surface of Mars, microbes could have survived by following the water…
Seeing the unseeable | The Planetary Society
Juice will be flying by Earth soon. ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, which launched in April…
How EELS could change the future of robotic…
How EELS will work EELS is a snake-like, self-propelled robot made of multiple segments. It is currently…