Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each wee

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With less than two months to go until the highly anticipated launch of NASA's Europa Clipper mission

Get up to speed on the latest in commercial space news. Mat Kaplan, the senior communications adviso

As we look to build a more sustainable human presence in space, we will need to find new and innovat

Planetary Radio takes a melodic adventure to the Ravinia Festival in Illinois, USA, for the public p

A ninth planet may be lurking in our Solar System out beyond Neptune. Caltech's Mike Brown and Konst

Why do we explore space? This is not an easy question to answer. Yet policy expert G. Ryan Faith bel

NASA's Perseverance rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars: a sample that may hold eviden

Victory for VERITAS

2024/7/24

Fans of Venus were saddened in late 2022 to learn that one of NASA's upcoming Venus missions, VERITA

We celebrate the second anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) science operations wi

The Planetary Society introduces the newest member of its board of directors this week on Planetary

Every major NASA center built after the agency’s inception is located in the American South. Why? Dr

Scientists have discovered over 5,500 exoplanets, but they’re just getting started. We dive into the

Every year on June 30, the space community observes Asteroid Day, the anniversary of the Tunguska bl

Our Sun is nearing the most active part of its solar cycle. This week, we explore recent solar activ

Last week was a big one for commercial space. Our senior communications advisor, Mat Kaplan, discuss

Holy texts and salvation ideology. Saints and martyrs. True believers and apostates. This isn’t a re

Accidental astronomy

2024/6/5

Astronomical and planetary science discoveries often unfold in strange and serendipitous ways. We di

Every year, Explore Mars hosts the Humans to Mars Summit, a gathering of people from around the worl

As humanity aims to explore new frontiers in space, the need for good roboticists has never been gre

Every year, passionate space advocates from the United States travel to Washington, D.C., to ensure