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Oct. 6, 2009 | 11:48 PDT | 18:48 UTC
The September-October 2009 issue of The Planetary Report is out
By now Planetary Society members should have gotten (or should shortly get) their copy of the September-October 2009 issue of The Planetary Report in the mail. This one features a fascinating article by Tom Jones and Ellen Stofan on comparative... More»
Oct. 6, 2009 | 09:50 PDT | 16:50 UTC
Prizes for Steve Squyres, Toby Owen, Kelly Beatty, and Sarah Stewart-Mukhopadhyay
One of the highlights of the annual meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society is the awarding of several prizes. The Gerard P. Kuiper Prize for outstanding contributions to the field of planetary... More»
Oct. 5, 2009 | 14:53 PDT | 21:53 UTC
2008 TC3: One year later (a 365 Days of Astronomy podcast)
Tomorrow it'll be one year exactly since the first time ever an astronomer on Earth discovered an object that had a 100% certainty of hitting the planet. Fortunately, the object named 8TA9D69, then renamed 2008 TC3, turned out to be small enough... More»
Oct. 5, 2009 | 11:30 PDT | 18:30 UTC
Another possible piece of evidence for a Rhea ring
One of the more exciting discoveries made by Cassini at Saturn is the possible presence of a ring around one of its moons, Rhea. Evidence for a ring around Rhea comes from the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument (MIMI); Cassini saw symmetric drops in... More»
Oct. 5, 2009 | 11:13 PDT | 18:13 UTC
Massive MESSENGER Mercury Mosaic
Just in time for MESSENGER's third flyby comes a mosaic from the second flyby! This absolutely enormous mosaic of Mercury's globe represents 66 individual narrow-angle camera frames on Mercury captured by MESSENGER as it departed from its second... More»
Oct. 2, 2009 | 09:49 PDT | 16:49 UTC
MESSENGER gets two planets for the price of one
Here's a pretty shot of Mercury taken by MESSENGER on approach. I've posted such approach images already, though, making this one relatively non-newsworthy...but wait, what's that tiny little speck in the lower left corner of the photo?Credit: NASA... More»
Oct. 1, 2009 | 21:58 PDT | Oct. 2 04:58 UTC
It would appear that Opportunity has stumbled upon another meteorite
A nice place to stop for the weekend:Click to enlarge >Shelter IslandCombined Pancam and Navcam view of the meteorite Shelter Island on sol 2,022. Credit: NASA / JPL / Cornell / mosaic by Astro0 I wonder if this came from the same original body as... More»
Oct. 1, 2009 | 07:04 PDT | 14:04 UTC
What's up in the solar system in October 2009
Phew! With the MESSENGER flyby over, I can focus now on what's ahead for October. The biggest thing to look forward to, without a doubt, is the planned smash of LCROSS into the Moon, a week from Friday, in the wee hours of the morning (my time) on... More»
Sep. 30, 2009 | 14:40 PDT | 21:40 UTC
Another lunar lander photographed: Surveyor 1!
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera team has managed to capture a view of Surveyor 1, the first American spacecraft to soft-land on another world. Cool!Click to enlarge >Surveyor 1 found!Surveyor 1 was the first US spacecraft to land on another... More»
Sep. 30, 2009 | 11:05 PDT | 18:05 UTC
Third Time's No Charm: MESSENGER's Third Gravity Assist Successful, But "Safe Mode" Interrupts Science
I just posted a news story on the MESSENGER flyby based upon a press release just issued by the mission. More later!Click to enlarge >Area of Mercury newly seen during MESSENGER's 3rd flybyThe red line outlines the five percent of Mercury's surface... More»
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