All
All
All
You love space, now take action
Plus a high-res map of Bennu, a virtual space party, and more
2 March 2020
Learn why and how we study exoplanets, and how you can get involved.
2 March 2020
Scientists are searching for 100 Earth-like planets around other stars, and you can help.
Swapna Krishna ● 12 March 2020
The habitable zone is the not-too-hot, not-too-cold region around a star where liquid water can exist.
Emily Lakdawalla ● 2 March 2020
Lava worlds. Hot Jupiters. Earth 2.0 candidates. Here's a rundown of some notable exoplanets.
Emily Lakdawalla & Staff ● 2 March 2020
Some methods almost sound like science fiction: Using gravity as a magnifying glass, watching stars wobble at turtle-like speeds, and searching for tiny dips in starlight.
2 March 2020
WFIRST, NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, is the next step in our hunt for Earth-sized exoplanets.
Emily Lakdawalla • August 10, 2015 • 5
I'm back from two weeks' vacation, so it's time to catch up on the status of all our intrepid planetary missions, from Akatsuki to the Voyagers and hitting the Moon, Mars, asteroids, comets, and Saturn in between.
Emily Lakdawalla • July 14, 2015 • 38
Now that I have a reasonable-resolution global color view of Pluto, I can drop it into one of my trademark scale image montages, to show you how it fits in with the rest of the similar-sized worlds in the solar system: the major moons and the biggest asteroids.
Paul Schenk • May 19, 2015 • 5
Two months. Eight and half weeks. 58 days. It's a concept almost too difficult to grasp: we are on Pluto's doorstep.
Bill Dunford • March 09, 2015 • 3
In pictures of the planets, the stars aren't usually visible. But when they do appear, they're spectacular.
Emily Lakdawalla • February 25, 2015 • 25
I've been resisting all urges to speculate on what kinds of geological features are present on Ceres, until now. Finally, Dawn has gotten close enough that the pictures it has returned show geology: bright spots, flat-floored craters, and enigmatic grooves.
Bill Dunford • February 02, 2015 • 1
More examples of imperfect--but tantalizing--images from deep space.
Emily Lakdawalla • January 27, 2015 • 5
Last week's Dawn images of Ceres were just slightly less detailed than Hubble's best. This week's are just slightly better.
Become a member of The Planetary Society and together we will create the future of space exploration.
Help advance robotic and human space exploration, defend our planet, and search for life.
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune