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

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.

EELS and the future of exploration

How artificial intelligence could traverse other worlds

Computing in space exploration history

Before artificial intelligence, there was human ingenuity.

Exploration on autopilot

The future of AI in space.

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.

Advocating for planetary exploration on Capitol Hill

How The Planetary Society helped bring Venus and Moon scientists to fight for missions on Capitol Hill.

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.