Planetary

1. What the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Taught Us

   Twenty-five years ago, multiple fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter, changing the face of the planet and the course of planetary science.

2. Hayabusa2 makes second touchdown on asteroid Ryugu

   Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has touched down on Ryugu for a second time, bagging samples which hopefully contain material from the subsurface of the asteroid.

3. Planetary Society-funded Technology Picked by NASA for Possible Moon Flight

   PlanetVac, a technology that simplifies the process of collecting samples from other worlds, may fly to the Moon.

4. LightSail 2 Team to Conduct More Testing before Sail Deployment

   Sail deployment is now scheduled for no earlier than 21 July 2019.

5. What to Expect when Chandrayaan-2 Launches to and Lands on the Moon

   A preview guide for India's upcoming Moon mission.