UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen calls for continued progress towards establishing the science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution prevention, emphasizing its role to provide ...

Andrew Lakoff studies how experts—in areas from public health to the environment to security—generate knowledge about and ...

Ever since Sunday, April 12, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn have been in a visible planetary alignment—aka when multiple planets line up together on one side of the sun at once. Now, from a purely ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society sits down with host David Ariosto. The conversation starts with Bill’s journey but quickly pivots to the proposed ...

For all the prizes, the contest is a fundraiser for the Planetary Society, a nonprofit formed by the late celebrity astronomer Carl Sagan. The contest is in its second year and organizers say it ...

As the moon goes around the Earth, "different parts of it are illuminated by the sun," said The Planetary Society. "But because the same side of the Moon always points toward Earth, most of the ...

The proposed cuts to NASA's budget are drawing sharp criticism from US lawmakers, with one saying: "If you cut this budget, you cut into the heart of America's leadership when it comes to space ...

The Planetary Society condemns this proposal for NASA and for NASA science. We urge Congress to swiftly reject this proposal and restore funding for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.

Their observations challenge earlier theories and offer a clearer picture of what may await planetary systems like our own. The star at the center of this event sits about 12,000 light-years from ...

If it continues to brighten, the comet might even become visible to the naked eye, as Asa Stahl writes for the Planetary Society. However, Stahl (who is also an astrophysicist) adds that comets ...

“Society is at a crossroads,” says Professor ... Having made the links between disasters and highlighted planetary tipping points in previous editions, this year’s report presents a path ...

It’s called the Planetary Health Diet (PHD), which was introduced by the EAT-Lancet Commission in its landmark 2019 report titled “Food in the Anthropocene.” What is the Planetary Health Diet (PHD)?