Follow the foot traffic. Sidewalk astronomers often set up at street fairs, outdoor events, nightlife hotspots, or by any venue where a lot of people tend to pass by. If you want to set up at an event ...

Should I be worried about asteroids hitting Earth? You shouldn’t lose sleep over it. Damaging asteroids do not hit Earth very often. But you should care about it, because dangerous asteroids have ...

The farside also lacked the Moon’s familiar dark splotches. Formed as a result of active volcanism over 3 billion years ago, it was anyone’s guess why dark lava plains cover about 31% of the nearside ...

Annular eclipses are a very special type of solar eclipse. During an annular eclipse, the Moon is centered in front of the Sun but doesn’t completely obscure it, instead leaving a ring of sunlight ...

Prior to the inaugural launch of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft aboard its enormous Super Heavy rocket, environmental policy expert Eric Roesch was outspoken about the likelihood of significant ...

When an astrobiologist says “life is hard,” they may be speaking on a cosmic level. They could mean that life itself is a puzzle we are nowhere near solving. “We’re like second graders when it comes ...

In the time it takes our planet to go around the Sun, we do a lot of exploring. This year, new missions took off, a powerful observatory began examining the sky, and seasoned spacecraft kept up their ...

In February 2026, Jennifer Vaughn took the helm as chief executive officer of The Planetary Society. Jenn first joined the Society’s staff in 1997 as an editorial assistant for The Planetary Report, ...

Though once considered our solar system’s ninth planet, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Pluto is a Kuiper Belt object, meaning it lies within a thick disc of worlds beyond Neptune.

Messages from constituents are proven to have a significant impact on how representatives in Congress prioritize issues like space exploration. As Fiscal Year 2026 comes to an end and FY 2027 begins ...

Total solar eclipses generate a lot of excitement, and for good reason: being in the path of totality is an amazing experience. But that doesn’t mean it’s the only way to enjoy an eclipse. Witnessing ...