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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
Small but mighty
Comets, moons, tiny twisters, and blueberries — they may be small, but they’re far from insignificant.
How to spot comet SWAN (C/2025 F2)
Catch this spectacular comet over the next few weeks.
Art school for scientists
From long-exposure photography to color gradients, scientists and artists can sometimes draw from the same toolbox.
It’s all coming together
When dust and rock come together, they form planets and moons. When people come together, we make a difference.
The 2025 Day of Action
On March 24, 2025, The Planetary Society’s annual Day of Action brought more people than ever before to Washington, D.C., to advocate for space.
Whole new (or newly discovered) worlds
More planets and moons are being discovered all the time. It’s up to us to explore them.
Are UFOs or UAPs real?
Something weird is happening — something that, even as an astronomer, I once struggled to explain.
The Space Advocate Newsletter, March 2025
A potential extinction-level event for NASA science.
A time for action
NASA science is under threat, and people are speaking up to defend it.
A potential extinction-level event?
An edited interview transcript between The Planetary Society’s Chief of Space Policy Casey Dreier, Director of Government Relations Jack Kiraly, and Planetary Radio host Sarah Al-Ahmed about reports that the White House is considering a 25% cut to NASA’s topline budget in 2026, including a 50% cut to the Science Mission Directorate.
Advocating for planetary exploration on Capitol Hill
How The Planetary Society helped bring Venus and Moon scientists to fight for missions on Capitol Hill.
Computing in space exploration history
Before artificial intelligence, there was human ingenuity.
Exploration on autopilot
The future of AI in space.
EELS and the future of exploration
How artificial intelligence could traverse other worlds
Are we alone in the universe? AI may help us find out
A Planetary Society-funded project uses machine learning to search for intelligent alien life.
A new look for The Planetary Report
How an iconic magazine gets a makeover.
Space for everyone
Reflecting on the last strategic era, and on to the next.
Good lunar morning
Sunrise on the Moon kicks off Blue Ghost’s mission, including sampling lunar regolith with a technology supported by Planetary Society members and donors.
Color me impressed!
Colors can provide all kinds of clues in our efforts to unravel the mysteries of the Cosmos.
Proving resilience
Two missions approach the Moon, NASA dodges layoffs, and an artist captures the spirit of resilience.