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Stories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.

Streaks and highlights

It’s been a great year for space exploration. Now you get to pick the highlights.

Journeys worth making

Perseverance faces a hard climb, but New Horizons proves it’s worth going the distance.

Grand designs

From logos to policy to mission architectures, if you want to achieve something in space, you’ve got to design it first.

Solar maximum = maximum awe

With the Sun at the peak of its activity cycle, we Earthlings get treated to some awesome sights. Plus, some truly awe-inspiring launches happened this week.

Twinsies!

Asteroids that come in pairs, matching volcanic features on Mars and Earth, and the potential space policies of two administrations.

Glitter and glow

This week we look forward to launches, gaze at glowing auroras, and get creative with glitter.

Europa Clipper: A mission backed by advocates

Europa Clipper will soon head for Jupiter's icy, potentially habitable moon. Without the advocacy efforts of The Planetary Society and our members, the mission may never have been possible.

The Hera launch: What to expect

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch a mission to study the aftermath of DART's impact on the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos.

The Europa Clipper launch: What to expect

NASA is preparing to launch its flagship mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. Launching sometime in October 2024 and arriving in 2030, the mission will explore the icy world with a subsurface ocean that scientists think could have conditions favorable to life.

Someone’s aliens

Life thrives on Earth, and we even send evidence of our presence out into the Solar System. Is anyone out there looking for us?

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