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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Mar. 22, 2007 | 14:38 PDT | 21:38 UTC
Chemistry and Physics Suggest a Soup Under Enceladus' South Pole
I've just posted a news story on just two of the dozens of exciting science stories that are circulating about Enceladus right now. Both studies try to get at what's going on inside the little moon: one says there is (or was) catalytic chemistry... More»
Mar. 22, 2007 | 14:00 PDT | 21:00 UTC
Enceladus is a drag on Saturn's radio emissions
Just last week, I answered this question on my Q and A segment for Planetary Radio: "What does the length of a day mean for a rotating ball of gas like Jupiter?" (It was part of the Rosetta show with Gerhard Schwehm.) In my answer, I explained... More»
Mar. 22, 2007 | 13:59 PDT | 20:59 UTC
Congratulations on Falcon 1's test flight
Yesterday, Space Exploration Technologies launched its Falcon 1 rocket on a demonstration test flight. The first stage fired successfully, but about three minutes into the second stage firing, telemetry (and the rocket) were lost. For the full... More»
Mar. 21, 2007 | 12:34 PDT | 19:34 UTC
ALICE at work at Jupiter
Yesterday the New Horizons science team released a nice graphic showing one example observation by the ALICE instrument of the Jupiter system. The observation was made on February 4, 2007, about four days before the spacecraft's closest approach. ... More»
Mar. 20, 2007 | 13:38 PDT | 20:38 UTC
New Mars Express online image viewing tool
I got a notice in my inbox yesterday about a cool new tool for finding and displaying images from the HRSC camera aboard Mars Express. Here's a screen shot:Click to enlarge >This tool begins to show us the promised potential of Mars Express' HRSC... More»
Mar. 20, 2007 | 09:27 PDT | 16:27 UTC
LPSC wrapup; website roundup
I hope you all enjoyed what Jason, Bethany, Anne, Brad, and Tom sent me last week on the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. It was tough for me not to be there. I still identify myself as a "scientist," even though I don't do research;... More»
Mar. 19, 2007 | 13:38 PDT | 20:38 UTC
LPSC, Wednesday: Two talks from the Mars Exploration Rover session
Tom Swulius sent me these notes on the first two Mars Exploration Rover talks of Wednesday's session. As he's a geologist, his notes are pretty detailed on the field geology being conducted by Opportunity in Meridani Planum. Thanks Tom! --ESLby... More»
Mar. 19, 2007 | 11:33 PDT | 18:33 UTC
Looking at Jupiter through different eyes, from different distances
This morning the Cassini imaging team released a photo of Jupiter that they took from Saturn last month. Here it is:Jupiter from CassiniCassini took this image of Jupiter while in orbit at Saturn on February 8, 2007. Jupiter was 1.8 billion... More»
Mar. 17, 2007 | 09:42 PDT | 16:42 UTC
LPSC, Tuesday: More from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
I got this update on the last few talks from Tuesday morning's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter special session late yesterday from Brad Thomson. His notes gave me an excuse to download and show you some of the tremendous HiRISE images from Holden... More»
Mar. 16, 2007 | 10:57 PDT | 17:57 UTC
LPSC, Thursday: Mars posters
Bethany Ehlmann, currently a graduate student working with Jack Mustard at Brown University, just sent me this update on the Mars-related posters that were presented yesterday at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. If you'd like to read the... More»
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