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Nov. 25, 2008 | 06:58 PST | 14:58 UTC
What are those bright things in the sky right now?
Every once in a while I get an email from a reader about something bright in the sky right now. They usually guess it's a planet but aren't sure how to figure out which one. There are lots of sites on the Internet that you can use to figure out... More»
Nov. 25, 2008 | 06:57 PST | 14:57 UTC
Carnival of Space #80
This week (last week, actually), the Carnival of Space can be found over at Starts with a Bang. And I realize that I never linked to the previous week's Carnival over at One Astronomer's Noise.
And, while I'm linking to stuff, this week's... More»
Nov. 24, 2008 | 15:43 PST | 23:43 UTC
Enjoy your 10 minutes of fame by contributing to 365 Days of Astronomy
I haven't mentioned the International Year of Astronomy yet because I spent months procrastinating from putting together pages on it for our website, but I have finally defeated my procrastinatory urges and posted a whole new section to our website... More»
Nov. 21, 2008 | 12:09 PST | 20:09 UTC
Solar conjunction: Holidays for Mars missions, and an Opportunity update
The period of Mars solar conjunction has just begun, which means that a host of scientists and engineers whose day jobs entail interaction with the five active Mars spacecraft are getting a five-week break from the daily grind of operations. ... More»
Nov. 20, 2008 | 16:45 PST | Nov. 21 00:45 UTC
Random items
Sorry for there not being much in the way of posts the last few days -- I've been working on other projects that have kept me from the blog. A couple of announcements:
This Friday, November 21, tune in to Stargate Atlantis to watch Planetary... More»
Nov. 19, 2008 | 09:53 PST | 17:53 UTC
A correction on the number of Chandrayaan-1 probe pictures
When the Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe descended to its crash on the Moon on November 14, it took many pictures on the way down. I repeated earlier a report issued by The Hindu that the probe captured 15,000 images, but I've now been told that... More»
Nov. 18, 2008 | 13:00 PST | 21:00 UTC
Name the rover!
In an essay contest very similar to the one that The Planetary Society and LEGO teamed up to run for the Mars Exploration Rovers, JPL has announced today that they are working with Disney to collect name suggestions for the Mars Science Laboratory... More»
Nov. 18, 2008 | 08:56 PST | 16:56 UTC
Kaguya now in its extended mission
Chandrayaan-1 arrived at the Moon at just about the time that Kaguya completed its primary mission and entered its extended mission. I've received some information from Shin-ichi Sobue at JAXA on the plans for Kaguya's extended mission, and they're... More»
Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:11 PST | 20:11 UTC
Chandrayaan-1 Terrain Mapping Camera images and movie from science orbit
Before you get too excited (as I did) about the word "movie" in the title of this blog entry, no, this is not a movie made from Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe images as it descended to its crash into the lunar surface near the Shackleton crater at... More»
Nov. 15, 2008 | 10:23 PST | 18:23 UTC
Pictures from the Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe
Yesterday the Indian Space Research Organisation released two images taken by the Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe (MIP) as it descended toward its impact on the lunar surface. Here they are -- they show a very rocky and dusty lunar surface near... More»
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