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Sep. 20, 2009 | 20:50 PDT | Sep. 21 03:50 UTC
A piece of an asteroid returns to the telescope that discovered it
The discovery of asteroid 2008 TC3 just before it crashed to Earth was one of the most amazing stories of last year, even before its remains were discovered strewn across the Nubian desert a few months later, turning it into the first asteroid ever... More»
Sep. 18, 2009 | 13:58 PDT | 20:58 UTC
Two weeks of Tweets
Forgot to post this last week, so it's two weeks' worth. If you'd like to see these in real time, Follow me at Twitter. A word on some conventions: "RT" means "Retweet" -- I'm repeating something that somebody else said. Anything preceded by an "@"... More»
Sep. 18, 2009 | 12:46 PDT | 19:46 UTC
Some more Friday fun: How many planets?
This video is from the new kids' CD and DVD by They Might Be Giants, Here Comes Science. This and its predecessors Here Come the 123s and Here Come the ABCs are on heavy rotation in my household. "Ceres, Pallas, Vesta, and a bunch of other stuff"... More»
Sep. 17, 2009 | 14:53 PDT | 21:53 UTC
Just for fun: the spacecraft bulletin board at JPL
I had lunch with a friend from grad school at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory today. When you walk "on lab" (as they say at JPL), this bulletin board greets you at the far end of the open quad at the JPL entrance. It's a wonderfully old-school way... More»
Sep. 17, 2009 | 11:09 PDT | 18:09 UTC
Some first results from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or, I love LOLA)
As of Tuesday (September 15), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or LRO as I suppose I'm going to be forced to call it -- I really really wish they'd run a naming contest and given this bird a more graceful, one-word name) is now in its low, circular,... More»
Sep. 16, 2009 | 15:13 PDT | 22:13 UTC
How does Hubble compare?
Apologies in advance for the number of acronyms in this post. There's no way to get around them.
Last week when the new, post-servicing-mission-4 capabilities of Hubble were unveiled, I kept asking myself: How do Hubble's new capabilities compare... More»
Sep. 16, 2009 | 09:32 PDT | 16:32 UTC
LCROSS: Hitting those tantalizing purple pixels
After I posted a report on the selection of crater Cabeus A as the target for the upcoming LCROSS impact into the Moon, I received an email with several questions about the target. The chosen site is not the center of Cabeus A. Rather it's a spot... More»
Sep. 15, 2009 | 14:15 PDT | 21:15 UTC
Planetary Radio Q and A: Moonquakes
This week's Planetary Radio features Robert Zubrin, on his new book How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet On "Questions and Answers" I answered the question:
"I remember that the Apollo missions left... More»
Sep. 15, 2009 | 09:35 PDT | 16:35 UTC
Opportunity's highway, and a tour of Block Island
Just a cool image to start the morning: after a 70-meter drive yesterday, Opportunity's following not one but two sets of its own tracks. (After the drive on sol 1,950, Opportunity's drivers decided to backtrack in order to investigate Block... More»
Sep. 15, 2009 | 08:37 PDT | 15:37 UTC
Norman Augustine Speaks to U.S. Congress Today
by Susan Lendroth
Norman Augustine, the Chair of the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, is presenting to the U.S. congress today the summary of their final report to the Obama Administration. Louis Friedman said, "The Planetary Society... More»
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