An thrilling discovery on Mars

This week marked Bill Nye’s 15-year anniversary as CEO of The Planetary Society. Bill’s imaginative and prescient, robust management, and unwavering dedication to area science and exploration has carried us by means of a few of the most profitable years in our group’s historical past. Whether advocating tirelessly for planetary science on Capitol Hill or fixing the rubbish disposal at Planetary HQ, Bill has come to face for the dynamic tradition of care, assist, and plain, easy enjoyable that has made The Society into what it’s at the moment. Thank you, Bill, for 15 years of inspiring leadership!

A decades-old Uranus thriller has been solved. Since 1986, scientists have questioned why — in contrast to the Solar System’s different large planets — Uranus seems to emit much less warmth than it receives from the Sun. Now astronomers have flipped this image upside-down. On final week’s Planetary Radio, host Sarah Al-Ahmed spoke with Michael Roman, atmospheric scientist on the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile, about what this information means for one of the mysterious and ignored planets across the Sun.

Learn concerning the dimension of the Universe with our latest kids’s guide. “The Size of Space” brings the mind-boggling scale of the Universe right down to Earth, combining the marvel of a cosmic perspective with easy-to-understand examples. It’s the most recent installment in our sequence created in partnership with Lerner Publishing, which additionally consists of books on the planets of the Solar System and the seek for life.

Is NASA declining as SpaceX rises? On Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition, host Casey Dreier speaks with Franklin Foer, employees author at The Atlantic, as Foer traces the historical past of NASA and argues that the company has by accident contributed to its personal downfall.

Alien life on Mars shouldn’t be a brand new thought. Next month, The Planetary Society’s guide membership will take you again to a time in U.S. historical past when many — together with some scientists — believed that an alien civilization was thriving on Mars. Join Mat Kaplan and David Baron for a stay digital occasion to debate Baron’s new guide, “The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America,” in our Book Club Q&A. Members can join the event within the on-line member neighborhood and take part in discussions with the creator. Not but a member? Join at the moment. Image credit score: Liveright Publishing.