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What to look forward to in space in 2024
The Hera mission is also slated to launch in October 2024. The spacecraft will visit asteroid…
Go fetch! | The Planetary Society
Samples are waiting for us on Mars. Here’s how to get them back. NASA’s Mars Sample…
The coolest moons of Jupiter and Saturn…
The Amalthea group Within the orbit of Jupiter’s innermost large moon, Io, are four smaller moons:…
How layoffs at JPL can be traced to a…
What happened? On Feb. 6, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Director Laurie Leshin announced layoffs of…
Cool and mysterious | The Planetary Society
Uranus is full of mystery. The distant ice giant is one of the Solar System’s lesser-explored…
Happy Perihelion! | The Planetary Society
It’s been a big year here at The Planetary Society. To recap the highlights, listen to…
How do we see the surface of Venus from space?
The maps that Magellan generated are still the most detailed in existence — although other missions…
What are Jupiter’s Galilean moons?
Like Io, Europa orbits close to Jupiter and has sizable moons orbiting beyond it. The resulting…
Laser pointer + cat = science
Learn why NASA got a cat to chase a laser pointer, see the Uranus system like…