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

Lost and found

Some things are lost — Moon rocks, Io’s water, even (briefly) the Sun’s light — but what we find in space is so much greater.

Are your solar eclipse glasses safe?

A guide to how to make sure your solar eclipse glasses are safe and certified, plus tips on what to do — and what not to do — if you want to experience an eclipse without glasses.

See for yourself

See the month’s coolest space pictures, see planets in the night sky, and create the future in space that you want to see.

Moonstruck

Exploring humanity’s long relationship with the Moon.

A lunar saga

How the origins of the Moon could shape the future of human space exploration.

To the moon together

An interview with Scott Pace about the Moon’s role in internationally cooperative human space exploration.

Moonstruck

From asteroid impacts to spacecraft landings (whether successful or not), the Moon is no stranger to being struck.

Storms and showers

Mars has storms of dust, while Saturn pours down ammonia rain. Here on Earth, we passed through a debris tail to get a special kind of shower.

Hasta la vista, baby

Terminators abound this week in space, and we’ll be back to Mars if NASA gets the budget it needs.

Far out, man!

Faraway spacecraft, distant objects, the lunar farside, and a pretty out-there art project.

Aquatic equivalencies

From searching for life to training for spaceflight, water is an essential part of space exploration.

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