“Dark matter and regular matter have always been in the same place. They grew up together.”…
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The next chapter begins | The Planetary Society
My time as CEO has been wonderful. When I was asked to take on that role,…
Comebacks, curveballs, and countdowns | The Planetary Society
NASA says the MAVEN spacecraft is “very likely” unrecoverable. The Mars orbiter has been on an…
NASA has lost a spacecraft around Mars. Is…
That would explain why efforts to find MAVEN have failed. NASA has even instructed Curiosity to…
A new hope | The Planetary Society
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is proving good at finding fast-spinning asteroids. The results come from…
You just saved NASA’s budget
What Congress just passed On the morning of Jan. 5, as Members of Congress returned to…
On cloud nine | The Planetary Society
If you could see in infrared, this is what the sky might look like to you.…
A new year around the Sun
See what the new year has in store for space science and exploration. The Planetary Society’s calendar…
Calendar of space events 2026
Become A Member When you become a member, you join our mission to increase discoveries in…
Ending 2025 with a bang
Speaking of brown dwarfs… The boundaries of planethood can sometimes be blurry. For example, a free-floating…