On 27 January 2024, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of Grindavik in Iceland’s Reykjanes…
Visions of Venus | The Planetary Society
Australia is celebrating space with a new coin. The Royal Australian Mint’s first minted coins for…
A new generation of spaceplanes is taking advantage of the latest in technology
Dream Chaser would ferry cargo, and eventually crew, to low-Earth orbit. Credit: Ken Ulbrich / NASA…
NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft Unveiled
NASA and Lockheed Martin publicly unveil the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a ceremony in…
Mysterious black hole jets may be the source of powerful cosmic rays
The most powerful cosmic rays that we see on Earth may come from microquasars, small black…
How Astronomers Are Saving Astronomy From Satellites — For Now
In December 2020, astronomers documented a burst of highly energetic light in one of the most…
ESA – Cleaning EarthCARE
One of the last jobs to do before ESA’s EarthCARE satellite is packed up for shipment…
Online courses | The Planetary Society
Space Advocacy 101 Learn how to be a top-performing space advocate This course, taught by The…
A black hole has cleared out its neighborhood
An artist’s illustration of a supermassive black hole (SMBH.) The SMBH in a distant galaxy expelled…
An Aurora in Another Light
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this image…