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Feb. 23, 2009 | 16:32 PST | Feb. 24 00:32 UTC
Got binoculars? Spot a comet near Saturn tonight
The greenish comet Lulin, more formally known as C/2007 N3, has been approaching Earth for some time and will, tomorrow, be at its brightest, as it'll reach its closest approach to us. But it might be easiest to spot tonight, as it will be passing... More»
Feb. 23, 2009 | 16:31 PST | Feb. 24 00:31 UTC
Carnival of Space #91
Wander on over to the Next Big Future to check out the 91st Carnival of Space!
And, while I'm linking to stuff, you might also want to listen to this week's Planetary Radio, which features an interview with Michael Mumma on the recent discovery of... More»
Feb. 21, 2009 | 09:10 PST | 17:10 UTC
Looks like the Dawn flyby of Mars went well
Thanks to "OWW" on unmannedspaceflight.com for pointing out this image release on the NASA website: a photo of Mars taken by Dawn, they say, near its closest approach to Mars during its February 17 flyby. According to the caption the illumination... More»
Feb. 19, 2009 | 16:07 PST | Feb. 20 00:07 UTC
What do we know about Uranus' moons? Part 2
A few weeks ago I posted the result of my noodling around for a while with the Voyager 2 image catalogs from Uranus. As amazing and inspiring a mission as Voyager 2 was, its data sets from Uranus and Neptune are quite limited in size; it's possible... More»
Feb. 18, 2009 | 10:58 PST | 18:58 UTC
Planetary Society Statement on Europa Mission Selection
Here's a statement that we've issued to the media on the selection of the Jupiter mission as the next NASA-ESA flagship mission to an outer planet:
Pasadena, CA, - The Planetary Society today made this statement on the new outer planet flagship... More»
Feb. 18, 2009 | 10:46 PST | 18:46 UTC
Diamond Ring Earthrise
EDIT: Thanks to Jay Pasachoff for correcting me -- it's the Sun's photosphere, not corona, that makes the brilliant diamond on the ring.
And thanks to Daniel Fischer for pointing out this video sequence of the Earthrise, of which the image I show... More»
Feb. 18, 2009 | 08:29 PST | 16:29 UTC
News flash: Jupiter flagship mission selected to launch first
NASA announced this morning the results of last week's meeting to determine which of two proposed flagship missions, one to study the Jupiter system including Europa and Ganymede, and the other to study Titan, should proceed forward. The result:... More»
Feb. 17, 2009 | 17:57 PST | Feb. 18 01:57 UTC
LRO has arrived in Florida; LCROSS has shipped
A pile of pictures at the Kennedy Space Center Media Gallery documents the safe arrival of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at Astrotech, the private company where it'll undergo its final assembly and testing. As of this moment there's 22 photos of LRO... More»
Feb. 16, 2009 | 11:32 PST | 19:32 UTC
Now THAT's meteorology
Meteorology is the study of anything that happens above our heads, so it's totally proper that the following simultaneously alarming and hilarious bulletin was issued by the Jackson, Kentucky office of the National Weather Service. (For those of... More»
Feb. 16, 2009 | 07:02 PST | 15:02 UTC
LOTS of analysis of the flagship mission options - Europa or Titan?
Any day now we're going to be hearing about NASA's selection of the target of the next flagship mission; a meeting on the decision was held on February 12, but no result has been announced yet. If you're curious about the competing options, you can... More»
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