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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
A beginner’s guide to stargazing
It only takes a few basic tips to start exploring the night sky.
How to spot Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas
Catch this once-in-a-lifetime comet over the next few days.
Could Europa Clipper find life?
For a mission that doesn’t aim to find alien life, Europa Clipper may come surprisingly close.
Extraterrestrial artifacts
Could the Solar System host traces of other intelligent life?
Ramses: A new mission racing to land on asteroid Apophis
When a skyscraper-sized asteroid narrowly misses Earth in 2029, three spacecraft may be along for the ride.
Mars may host oceans’ worth of water deep underground
The tentative discovery hints at an habitat where life could potentially thrive.
NASA discovers Mars rock with ancient potential for life
A single 3.5 billion-year-old rock shows signs of all the conditions life needs to thrive.
How soon will Starship fly?
One rocket could decide how soon humanity returns to the Moon — and maybe one day sets foot on Mars.
How to spot the ISS
Seeing the ISS is easy and amazing stargazing.
How to see the nova (“new star”) in Corona Borealis
A giant stellar explosion is going to be visible from Earth. Here's how to see it.
Earth’s quasi-moons, minimoons, and ghost moons
They may not be real moons, but they're worth exploring and studying.
At Eclipse-O-Rama, cosmic beauty and community
On a ranch in the Texas hill country, members of The Planetary Society gathered to marvel at the 2024 total solar eclipse as a community.
Should you be worried about solar storms?
As the Sun nears solar maximum, the odds of potentially dangerous solar storms go up. What could one do to Earth?