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Jan. 3, 2008 | 10:17 PST | 18:17 UTC
Carnival of Space #35
The 35th Carnival of Space is now live at Music of the Spheres -- check it out!
And don't miss this week's Planetary Radio, featuring, um, me and Bruce Betts talking about the most exciting space events of 2007.... More»
Jan. 2, 2008 | 20:54 PST | Jan. 3 04:54 UTC
Mars impact chances at 1 in 28
The Near Earth Object program has posted an update on the status of asteroid 2007 WD5, which now has a reported 1 in 28 chance of hitting Mars (or, as several other bloggers have put it, a 27 in 28 chance of doing nothing exciting).
I've been... More»
Jan. 2, 2008 | 11:37 PST | 19:37 UTC
Mimas and the F ring
This Cassini photo, released today, of the F ring crossing Mimas is from the "just plain cool" department. The F ring is a narrow, dim, dusty, braided thing that orbits Saturn just outside the main A and B rings; the main rings, and Saturn, would... More»
Dec. 31, 2007 | 14:59 PST | 22:59 UTC
Happy 2008!
Happy 2008, everyone! With four launches and 20 active missions 2007 will be a tough year to beat, but there are a lot of things to look forward to in 2008. For starters, in just two weeks MESSENGER will fly by Mercury for the first time, seeing... More»
Dec. 31, 2007 | 14:13 PST | 22:13 UTC
Deep Impact snatches science data from Earth-Moon flyby
As I mentioned yesterday, Deep Impact is flying by Earth today; as a matter of fact, it has just passed its closest approach (that happened at 19:29 UTC). I wasn't sure whether the Deep Impact team was going to take advantage of the flyby to do any... More»
Dec. 30, 2007 | 11:06 PST | 19:06 UTC
Deep Impact spotted
Deep Impact is set to fly by Earth tomorrow, December 31, the first of three flybys it'll have before its encounter with comet Hartley 2 on October 11, 2010, and a few observers have already spotted the spacecraft on its inbound trajectory. The... More»
Dec. 28, 2007 | 20:25 PST | Dec. 29 04:25 UTC
Kaguya has begun science operations
EDIT: I've been contacted by Shin-Ichi Sobue of JAXA, who told me that they plan to post some stills from the recently released videos early in the new year. He also identified the crater I pointed to in the last video linked below. Keep your eyes... More»
Dec. 27, 2007 | 20:21 PST | Dec. 28 04:21 UTC
Potential Mars impactor update
I've been keeping my eye on the Minor Planets Mailing List for updates on the status of 2007 WD5, the asteroid that, as of Friday, had a 1 in 75 chance of hitting Mars. The Moon has been too bright to permit most observers to make any new... More»
Dec. 26, 2007 | 07:11 PST | 15:11 UTC
The Year in Pictures 2007
It's been a great year in planetary exploration, so it was tough to make decisions for my annual "Year in Pictures" feature. I wanted to feature as many of the 20 currently active missions as I could, but also show pictures that were pretty or... More»
Dec. 25, 2007 | 07:05 PST | 15:05 UTC
Merry Christmas
Here's a little poetry for you all, courtesy of Stuart Atkinson.
T'was the night before Christmas and all across Mars
fine dust was blowing, dimming the stars
and coating the rocks with a shimmer of red,
while children of Earth, asleep in their... More»
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