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[ad_1] Earth has been stuck in a cosmic shooting gallery since its formation. About 4 billion years ago, the orbits
Read more[ad_1] Earth has been stuck in a cosmic shooting gallery since its formation. About 4 billion years ago, the orbits
Read more[ad_1] What two famous 1998 asteroid movies got right and wrong. [ad_2] Original Post
Read more[ad_1] The Day of Action On March 31, 2021, we held our annual Day of Action, connecting Planetary Society members
Read more[ad_1] NASA is moving forward with NEO Surveyor. The agency has approved the asteroid-hunting mission for further development and a
Read more[ad_1] Continue taking pictures We love sharing pretty pictures from LightSail 2 with the public. These pictures also serve an
Read more[ad_1] Baby squid have blasted off into space — for science. It might sound like science fiction, but in early
Read more[ad_1] The idea of Saturn without rings feels somehow incomplete. It’s like imagining tides without the Moon or Saturday without
Read more[ad_1] After the final flight of the Space Shuttle in July of 2011, the U.S. could no longer send its
Read more[ad_1] History of Venus exploration Venus was the first planet beyond Earth ever to be explored by a spacecraft, but
Read more[ad_1] China has released footage from Zhurong’s descent to Mars back in May and yes, it’s awesome. On June 27,
Read more[ad_1] How will VIPER map water on the Moon? NASA has equipped VIPER with three spectrometers — instruments that can
Read more[ad_1] Pluto is a dwarf planet and the largest of the Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) — a collection of ice-rock
Read more[ad_1] Jupiter’s cyclones are beautiful, and the Sun’s storms and flares are a little bit scary. [ad_2] Original Post
Read more[ad_1] The Viking missions cost $1.06 billion, which, when adjusted for inflation, remain NASA’s most expensive robotic planetary science mission
Read more[ad_1] When did Viking 1 and 2 launch? Viking 1 launched on August 20, 1975. It arrived in Mars orbit
Read more[ad_1] Search for life Life on Titan, if it exists or ever existed, would need to adapt to a life
Read more[ad_1] Liftoff site VSS Unity takes off from the Spaceport America launch site near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. New
Read more[ad_1] With its subsurface ocean and so-called "tiger stripes," Enceladus is one of Saturn's most fascinating moons. [ad_2] Original Post
Read more[ad_1] If you thought Ingenuity was cool, just wait until you see Dragonfly. The much more advanced flying spacecraft (pictured
Read more[ad_1] Saturn’s icy moon invites further study, and The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft celebrates an anniversary. [ad_2] Original Post
Read more[ad_1] What could Enceladus’ ocean be like? Enceladus’ ocean seems to have hydrothermal vents similar to those found in the
Read more[ad_1] Apollo made giant leaps, and Artemis aims to follow suit. In Greek mythology, Apollo and Artemis were the twin
Read more[ad_1] Titan Facts Surface temperature: -179 degrees Celsius (-290 degrees Fahrenheit) Average distance from Sun: 9.5 AU Diameter: 5,149 kilometers
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