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The Planetary Report is the internationally recognized flagship magazine of The Planetary Society, featuring lively articles and full-color photos to provide comprehensive coverage of discoveries on Earth and other planets.
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Download a subject index to the first 20 years of The Planetary Report (1980-2001)
Past Issues of The Planetary Report
Planet or Star?
Van Biesbroeck 8B: Brown Dwarf and Extraordinary Planet, by Donald W. McCarthy, Jr.; What is a Planet? by Jonathan Eberhart; Approaching Uranus: Voyager 2 Prepares to Encounter the Seventh Planet, by Reta Beebe and Jay Bergstralh
Saturn's Rings
Taking the Measure of Saturn's Rings, by Len Tyler and Dick Simpson; Twenty-Five Years of Searching: SETI Scientists Celebrate and Anniversary, by Woodruff T. Sullivan, III
Halley's Comet
Through History with Halley's Comet, by Donald K. Yeomans; Looking Into Halley's Comet, by Julian Loewe and the staff of The Planetary Report; A Talk with Fred Whipple, by Kelly Beatty; The International Halley Watch: An Experiment in Cooperation, by Jurgen Rahe and Ray L. Newburn, Jr.
Venus
Detour to a Comet: Journey of the International Cometary Explorer, by Robert Farquhar; Weapons in Space: Implications for the Civil Uses of Space; Investigating Venus: Arecibo Radar Maps the Planet, by James W. Head
Humans On Other Worlds
Visions of 2010, by Louis D. Friedman; Looking Spaceward: Life, Work and Leisure...Out There, by Arnauld Nicogossian; Living on the Moon, by James D. Burke; Returning to the Moon, by Harrison H. Schmitt; The Case for Mars, by Christopher P. McKay
Planetary Catastrophes
Planets and Perils, by Owen B. Toon; Volcanoes and Atmospheres: Catastrophic Influences on Planets, by Susan Werner Kieffer; A Talk With Eugene Shoemaker, by Charlene Anderson; Greenhouses and Glaciers: Climate Change and the Continuously Habitable Zone Around the Sun, by James F. Kasting; Precessing Worlds: Planetary Spin and Climatic Stability, by William R. Ward; Intelligence and Catastrophe: The Cosmic Quarantine Hypothesis, by Steven Soter