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Exo! Exo! Learn all about ‘em! The most recent concern of The Planetary Report is all about exoplanets, the varied and intriguing worlds that orbit different stars. Learn concerning the newest within the seek for Earth-like worlds, meet some superlative-worthy exoplanets, see member-created exoplanet paintings, and rather more. Pictured: An artist’s impression of the exoplanet Wasp J1407b with its magnificent set of rings. Picture credit score: NASA / Ron Miller.

Calling all designers! What’s your imaginative and prescient for our journal? The Planetary Report has been an integral a part of The Planetary Society since our very earliest days, and it’s due for a makeover. We’ve opened up a public name for designers to reimagine the appear and feel of our quarterly member journal. If that is you, we need to hear from you! This name is open to certified people and organizations from anyplace on this planet. Be taught extra.

Wish to title a quasi-moon? RadioLab’s Latif Nasser returns to this week’s Planetary Radio with a brand new public naming contest for a quasi-moon of Earth. You may submit your name idea proper now for consideration. Entries can be reviewed by a panel of judges in October, and the general public will vote for his or her favourite of the ten finalists. Plus, be taught extra about learn how to observe the upcoming nova in Corona Borealis.

DART proved that asteroids might be redirected. What else did we be taught? In September 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Take a look at spacecraft deliberately smashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos. The check was quickly declared profitable, having altered the moonlet’s trajectory round its host asteroid Didymos. Since then, we’ve realized much more from the information. Discover out what DART has taught us, and what’s subsequent for Dimorphos and Didymos.