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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
On cloud nine
This week: a new celestial object and some hopeful news for NASA.
A new year around the Sun
Looking forward to the space missions, celestial events, and discoveries of 2026.
Ending 2025 with a bang
We’re finishing the year strong, thanks to amazing space images, fantastic discoveries, and phenomenal support from people like you.
Pictures, pixels, and picks
Great pictures of a planet and a comet, and great picks from a year of our virtual book club.
Mostly monochromatic
Black-and-white space images and the science that goes with them.
Festive light displays
If you enjoy the lights people string on their houses at this time of year, you’ll love galaxy clusters.
Short and thankful
A mini-Downlink to reflect on gratitude.
Awestruck by awesomeness
Space exploration gives us so many opportunities to experience, celebrate, and cultivate feelings of awe.
Putting the pieces together
From data to human-forming elements to LEGO pieces, it’s just a matter of putting it all together.
Reflecting and expecting
Looking back on the year in space and anticipating what might come in 2026.
Spooky scary solar storms
For this year’s Halloween costume, try scaring people by dressing as a solar storm.
Space tech of the past, present, and future
From nostalgia to imagination, space technology reaches into our past, the future, and the present.
Stormy weather
Tornados swirl throughout the Solar System, and NASA-funded researchers face budgetary storms.
A good day to save NASA science
The Save NASA Science Day of Action was our largest advocacy event ever, bringing together nearly 300 supporters (and one dog).
Mars rock and roll
A Mars rock may hold answers in the search for life, and spacecraft might roll along its surface. Plus, meet the red planet’s Rolling Stones Rock.
Award-worthy and record-breaking
From photographers to science communicators, this week we celebrate some well-deserved wins. Plus, our Day of Action is set to be the biggest ever.
Don’t stare at the Sun (unless you’re SOHO)
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory isn’t just a powerful tool for studying the Sun; it’s one of the best comet hunters in existence.
An exciting discovery on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified a potential biosignature on Mars.
Are you ready for your close-up?
Close-ups of the Sun’s coronal loops and a tiny piece of Bennu can teach us a lot.
Rock, ice, and glass
The Solar System is full of rocky and icy bodies, but this particular galaxy is made of glass.