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Save NASA Science Press Conference On Monday, October 6, 2025, amid the government shutdown, leaders from 20 national science, education, and space organizations, led by The Planetary Society and its CEO Bill Nye, gathered with Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD-04) and invited Members of Congress at the U.S. Capitol to urge protection of NASA’s and the National Science Foundation’s science budgets. The White House’s proposed 47 percent cut to NASA’s science budget threatens an “extinction-level” event for space exploration.
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Mar 19, 2003
Planetary Society's SETI@home Re-observations Get Bumped by Solar Flare:The SETI@home project has been bumped from the telescope's observing schedule until next Monday, March 24, 2003, so that researchers can observe a rare solar flare.
Mar 10, 2003
Planetary Society's SETI@home Takes New Step in Search for ET:The SETI@home project will now take a closer look at its most promising candidate radio sources.
Feb 24, 2003
Thousands Sign Planetary Society Declaration in Support of Space ExplorationOver 12,000 people in just two weeks have signed The Planetary Society's Declaration in Support of Space Exploration in the wake of the Columbia tragedy.
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