Articles

A.J.S. Rayl

The Mars Exploration Rovers maintained a busy schedule in July: Spirit worked day and night doing whatever it could to make use of its abundant energy; Opportunity effectively treated its “hot” right front wheel and got back to making some consecutive long drives toward the still distant Endeavour Crater.

Marc Rayman

Today Dawn is 220 million kilometers (137 million miles) from the star at the solar system's center.

Jani Radebaugh

Islands of Volcanic Paradise

Jani Radebaugh

Jani talks about the importance of understanding analogs we can easily visit on Earth to processes happening across the solar system.

Jani Radebaugh

The Cassini spacecraft made its 59th flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, on Friday, July 24, and in the last few hours we have received images from the RADAR instrument in SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) mode.

Samuel Lawrence

For over four decades, the lunar science community has absorbed the information from the Apollo missions. Although many important questions were answered, many important new questions are waiting to be tackled -- which is the very essence of science and exploration.

Ryan Anderson

Earlier this week I mentioned that there is an ongoing evaluation of the future of human spaceflight at NASA.

Emily Lakdawalla

Titan in 3D

Susan Lendroth

Join Bill Nye for an LA Times Dust-Up

Samuel Lawrence

One primary goal of the LRO mission is to acquire the amazing bounty of scientific data necessary to enable future human lunar exploration and utilization. But why should we even bother going back?

Charlene Anderson

Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mishap Report Released

Jim Bell

To the Moon, Alice?

Samuel Lawrence

It is a day where when all humans should take time to celebrate the momentous achievement that put two brave explorers on the face of another world. As Sir Arthur Clarke once famously said, the Apollo voyages will likely be the only events for which the 20th century will be remembered in the future, when humans live throughout the Solar System and beyond.

Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle

The rest of Enceladus

Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle

High-resolution orbital photography of the Apollo landing sites from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera.

Kelly Beatty

LAX's Planet Parade -- Part 2

Susan Lendroth

Grab your bell bottoms and Tang, and travel back to 1969 when Apollo 11's journey to the Moon captivated the world, and Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's boot prints in the lunar dust transformed us into a multi-world species.

Susan Lendroth

Moonfest and MoonPies on July 19

Susan Lendroth

Planetary Society Opens Dialog with Augustine Committee

Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle

Why Titan is so exciting