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Jan. 12, 2011 | 09:09 PST | 17:09 UTC
"A genuinely weird experience": A video of Steve Squyres explaining a photo of Steve Squyres
In a lovely talk, in his uncommonly engaging way, Steve Squyres presents the portrait of him that now hangs in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Of course his portrait is a panoramic photo! After his five-minute introduction, it goes on... More»
Jan. 11, 2011 | 12:49 PST | 20:49 UTC
Orcus and Vanth
EDIT Jan 14: A reader has pointed out that there was a math error in the ArXiv version of the paper that I summarize in this blog post, which resulted in them estimating a possible mass for Vanth of half that of Orcus. The error was corrected in... More»
Jan. 10, 2011 | 13:12 PST | 21:12 UTC
Grab bag: "Rocky" exoplanet, molten lunar core, Rhea close encounter
I'm having a tough time getting moving today so please excuse a linky post on Kepler's "rocky" exoplanet discovery, the Moon's core, and Cassini's upcoming Rhea flyby:
The Kepler exoplanet hunting mission has made news today with a report of "its... More»
Jan. 7, 2011 | 09:25 PST | 17:25 UTC
Stardust mission update: 38 days to Tempel 1
The Stardust mission posts regular status updates to its website but they're a bit buried, so I'm glad for the watchful members of unmannedspaceflight.com who point them out as soon as they're posted. The latest update, dated yesterday, says that... More»
Jan. 6, 2011 | 14:57 PST | 22:57 UTC
A Remembrance
by Tom Kemp, Global Volunteer Coordinator and
Mary Brown, Telescope Group Coordinator
The Planetary Society has lost a very dear friend and tireless volunteer. Anna May Tomaszewski was the volunteer coordinator at the Planetary Society... More»
Jan. 6, 2011 | 10:33 PST | 18:33 UTC
Solar eclipses from space: Hinode and SDO
I could watch these videos a hundred times. Two spacecraft that keep their ever-watchful eyes on the Sun -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and JAXA's Hinode -- were doing their thing, when something large wandered past: the Moon. I love... More»
Jan. 5, 2011 | 14:35 PST | 22:35 UTC
Dawn Journal: LAMO (Low Altitude Mapping Orbit)
Here's our monthly checkup with the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks as usual to Marc! --ESLClick to enlarge >Marc RaymanBy Marc Rayman
Dear Dawnscriminating Readers,
Dawn finishes 2010 much... More»
Jan. 5, 2011 | 11:02 PST | 19:02 UTC
Two possible futures for Akatsuki
There are two intriguing possibilities being discussed in the Japanese media for what to do with Akatsuki, a space probe in orbit near Venus with a fully functional, highly capable suite of cameras but a damaged main engine.
Asahi Shumbun reported... More»
Jan. 5, 2011 | 10:38 PST | 18:38 UTC
Sunset and eclipse on Mars
These two movies were posted to the JPL website a couple of weeks ago, and they are just amazing. I've seen amateur-processed versions of both of these movies using the raw versions of the images, but the videos below, produced and processed by the... More»
Jan. 4, 2011 | 14:13 PST | 22:13 UTC
Juno in an alternate universe
I was browsing JPL's Planetary Photojournal today and noticed that they've posted an updated artist's concept of the Juno spacecraft, which is set to launch in August for a 2016 arrival at Jupiter:Click to enlarge >JunoLaunching from Earth in 2011,... More»
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