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Sep. 25, 2009 | 14:02 PDT | 21:02 UTC
The "Water on the Moon" Hoopla, Part 2: The murkier part of the story
In Part 1 of my writeup of yesterday's "Water on the Moon" press briefing I explained how scientists using the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3 or "M-cubed") on India's first lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, found the first evidence for widespread water on... More»
Sep. 25, 2009 | 11:32 PDT | 18:32 UTC
The "Water on the Moon" Hoopla, Part 1: There's water on the Moon!
For a couple of weeks now, I've been hearing rumors about an upcoming announcement concerning Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper ("M3") discovery of "lots of"
water on the Moon. On Tuesday, September 22, NASA announced that there would be a press... More»
Sep. 25, 2009 | 09:30 PDT | 16:30 UTC
Here comes Mercury
I always marvel at the fact that cruising spacecraft are so far from anything in the solar system that nothing they can look at appears larger than a single pixel to their cameras. Then, after months and months of nothingness, suddenly one of those... More»
Sep. 24, 2009 | 11:31 PDT | 18:31 UTC
Planetary Society Statement on Water on the Moon
NEWS RELEASE
The Planetary Society
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E-mail: tps@planetary.org Web: http://planetary.org
For Immediate Release: September 24, 2009
Contact: Susan... More»
Sep. 24, 2009 | 10:17 PDT | 17:17 UTC
The Moon as seen by Cassini VIMS, processed by an amateur
One of the pieces of the Big Super Secret Moon Water Story that's all over the Web and will be the topic of a press briefing in under an hour is an observation of the Moon made by Cassini more than a decade ago during its flyby of Earth. As some of... More»
Sep. 24, 2009 | 09:40 PDT | 16:40 UTC
An ALMA antenna journeys to its pad
This is a significant week for radio astronomy, but I'll admit that I am posting the photos and video below for no other reason than that they are gorgeous. I'll give this to all of you traditional astronomers (i.e. people who look at space from... More»
Sep. 23, 2009 | 17:14 PDT | Sep. 24 00:14 UTC
Beautiful 3D animation of Spirit's environs in Gusev Crater
Doug Ellison has done it again: he's created a spectacular overflight of Gusev crater based upon digital elevation models of the terrain produced by the United States Geological Survey from HiRISE data. This time he gave the atmosphere a... More»
Sep. 23, 2009 | 14:30 PDT | 21:30 UTC
Looking forward to MESSENGER's third flyby of Mercury
I've just posted a news story containing more detail than most of you probably want on the science plans for the upcoming MESSENGER Mercury flyby, which will happen at 21:55 UTC on September 29. Go read! They're getting tricky with their science... More»
Sep. 22, 2009 | 14:11 PDT | 21:11 UTC
Planetary Radio Q and A: Boom-boom!
This week's Planetary Radio is the second of two with Robert Zubrin. On "Questions and Answers" I answered my own question:
When Space Shuttle Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base, I stood outside to listen for its boom. I was surprised to... More»
Sep. 22, 2009 | 11:57 PDT | 18:57 UTC
How would you destroy the Earth?
by Bruce Betts
The Planetary Society is working to prevent bad things from happening to Earth. In particular, we have projects to help prevent near Earth object impacts that can ruin thousands of square kilometers of forest (Tunguska, 1908) or 70%... More»
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