Need to cozy up with an excellent house e book? We’ve acquired you coated. The Planetary Society’s digital e book membership learn an awesome house e book every month this 12 months, and we’ve compiled an summary of your entire choice. From fiction to autobiography, historical past to onerous science, there’s a e book for everybody amongst our picks from 2025 (pictured). Picture credit score: Mark Hilverda.

You’ve heard of liveable planets, however what about liveable stars? Not all stars are as life-sustaining as our Solar — some may very well destroy any possibilities of life on the planets round them. Study extra about the very best and worst sorts of stars for alien life.

30 years after Galileo arrived at Jupiter, its legacy lives on. Galileo was the primary mission to orbit Jupiter, opening a brand new chapter in our exploration of the outer Photo voltaic System. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of Galileo’s orbital insertion, scientists, engineers, historians, and advocates gathered on the California Institute of Expertise for a particular symposium: Galileo at 30. This week’s Planetary Radio takes you inside that celebration to listen to about how the mission reshaped planetary science.

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