An thrilling discovery on Mars

This week marked Invoice Nye’s 15-year anniversary as CEO of The Planetary Society. Invoice’s imaginative and prescient, sturdy management, and unwavering dedication to house science and exploration has carried us via a number of the most profitable years in our group’s historical past. Whether or not advocating tirelessly for planetary science on Capitol Hill or fixing the rubbish disposal at Planetary HQ, Invoice 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 this time. Thank you, Bill, for 15 years of inspiring leadership!

A decades-old Uranus thriller has been solved. Since 1986, scientists have questioned why — not like the Photo voltaic System’s different big planets — Uranus seems to emit much less warmth than it receives from the Solar. 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 crucial mysterious and neglected planets across the Solar.

Study concerning the measurement of the Universe with our latest youngsters’s e-book. “The Measurement of House” brings the mind-boggling scale of the Universe all the way down to Earth, combining the surprise 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 Photo voltaic System and the seek for life.

Is NASA declining as SpaceX rises? On Planetary Radio: House Coverage Version, host Casey Dreier speaks with Franklin Foer, workers author at The Atlantic, as Foer traces the historical past of NASA and argues that the company has unintentionally contributed to its personal downfall.

Alien life on Mars shouldn’t be a brand new thought. Subsequent month, The Planetary Society’s e-book 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 e-book, “The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Flip-of-the-Century America,” in our Ebook Membership Q&A. Members can join the event within the on-line member group and take part in discussions with the writer. Not but a member? Be part of at this time. Picture credit score: Liveright Publishing.