Emily Lakdawalla • July 25, 2018
Last week, Hayabusa2 approached to within 6000 meters of the surface of Ryugu, taking new photos. The team has developed a set of terminology to describe Hayabusa2's navigational positions around the asteroid.
Jason Davis • July 24, 2018
A global team of astronomers has found a rare type of asteroid, where two equal-mass objects circle each other in a never-ending dance as they hurtle through the solar system.
Emily Lakdawalla • July 23, 2018
I'm honored to be the new editor of The Planetary Society's flagship magazine, The Planetary Report.
Bruce Betts • July 23, 2018
Later this week, Mars will be closer and brighter than it has been since 2003. And about half the Earth will see a lunar eclipse!
Donna Stevens • July 20, 2018
The June solstice 2018 issue of The Planetary Report is about to mail and will arrive at Planetary Society members’ homes within days. Members who want to read it sooner can access the magazine online.
Robert Picardo • July 20, 2018
Board member Robert Picardo burns some shoe leather on Capitol Hill with our advocacy team.
Jatan Mehta • July 19, 2018
Where did the Moon come from? The origin of our cosmic neighbor is a fundamental question in planetary science.
Marc Rayman • July 18, 2018
Rapidly nearing the end of a unique decade-long interplanetary expedition, Dawn is taking phenomenal pictures of dwarf planet Ceres as it swoops closer to the ground than ever before.
Gurbir Singh • July 17, 2018
The country's satellite navigation system faced a long and difficult road, but it's finally operational.
Adam Block • July 16, 2018
Award-winning astrophotographer Adam Block shares some of his most recent images of our amazing and beautiful universe.
Jason Davis • July 13, 2018
The next time its solar sail is deployed, NEA Scout will be out near the Moon.
Mike Blackstone • July 12, 2018
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a fabled history of planetary rovers. But how do you start such a program?
Jason Davis • July 11, 2018
Two new global views of Ryugu from Hayabusa2, plus a 3-D animation.
Linda Martel • July 10, 2018
Something new and wonderful appeared in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database—an entire listing of meteorites found on Mars by robotic rovers and their science teams from the years 2005–2017.
Jonathon Hill • July 06, 2018
What happens when you print a map of Mars the size of a basketball court?
Jason Davis • July 05, 2018
With Hayabusa2 at Ryugu and OSIRIS-REx closing on Bennu, it's the summer of sample return. Why do scientists go to so much trouble for a piece of a another world?
A.J.S. Rayl • July 04, 2018
As a monster dust storm grew to encircle the Red Planet in June, Opportunity spent most of the month in the dark, presumably sleeping in a hibernation mode as the skies over Endeavour Crater became darker and darker.
Jason Davis • July 03, 2018
A little-known observatory is s helping usher an Arab astronomy renaissance.
Emily Lakdawalla • July 01, 2018
Emily Lakdawalla is on vacation from 1 to 22 July. Jason Davis will reign over the blog in her absence.
Emily Lakdawalla • June 29, 2018
Hooray! Curiosity has triumphantly returned to drilling with a successful drill and delivery to its lab instruments at a site named Duluth. It's now studying the dust storm as it drives to new drill sites on Vera Rubin ridge.
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