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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Aug. 14, 2008 | 13:36 PDT | 20:36 UTC
My thoughts on the Great Planet Debate
I've been listening in all day to the Great Planet Debate conference being held at the Applied Physics Laboratory. The scientific presentations have been fascinating; I especially enjoyed the one from Sara Seager describing the diversity of... More»
Aug. 13, 2008 | 16:07 PDT | 23:07 UTC
Phoenix sol 76 update: Digging at Neverland, Cupboard, Stone Soup, Snow White, Burn Alive; samples for microscope and TEGA 5; and more
I am way overdue with an update on the daily activities of the Phoenix lander; that whole perchlorate kerfuffle last week threw me off of my routine. So here is an attempt to do a whirlwind update of the last two weeks on the mission. To set the... More»
Aug. 13, 2008 | 11:13 PDT | 18:13 UTC
Ustream Chat Wednesday, August 13 at 1900 UTC: Enceladus and Phoenix updates: archived
In today's Ustream chat we roamed across the surface of Enceladus as revealed by Cassini during its recent flyby. Go to the webcast archive page for a link to the show and the chat log.... More»
Aug. 12, 2008 | 21:55 PDT | Aug. 13 04:55 UTC
More Enceladus image fun
Wow, I'm going to have a lot to talk about tomorrow during my Ustream chat!
At about 7:15 my time a great many more of the Enceladus flyby images hit the Cassini raw images website. I've put all the remaining Skeet Shoot images on this page, and a... More»
Aug. 12, 2008 | 17:06 PDT | Aug. 13 00:06 UTC
Enceladus is so close I can touch it
At least that's how it seems -- ridges, valleys, sunlit peaks and shadowed hollows, all covered with boulders, in amazingly sharp focus considering Cassini had to spin at top speed to compensate for just part of the amazing 18 kilometer-per-second... More»
Aug. 12, 2008 | 12:39 PDT | 19:39 UTC
Enceladus flyby images are starting to appear
Cassini's flyby of Enceladus seems to have ended with the spacecraft in good health and lots of data being returned to Earth. The first images are now beginning to show up on the raw images website, and, interestingly, they are pictures taken at... More»
Aug. 11, 2008 | 13:40 PDT | 20:40 UTC
What's up in the solar system for the week of August 11
Let's check in on each of the 20 spacecraft actively exploring the solar system.
But first, a calendar reminder: on August 14-15, there is a conference at APL called the Great Planet Debate. As part of this conference, on August 14 at 16:30 EDT... More»
Aug. 8, 2008 | 18:00 PDT | Aug. 9 01:00 UTC
Looking back into Victoria crater
...and here's another wonderful self-portrait silhouette by Opportunity.Click to enlarge >Opportunity looks back at VictoriaAt the end of a drive on sol 1,613, Opportunity looked back at the sloping wall and interior of Victoria crater. The long... More»
Aug. 8, 2008 | 17:52 PDT | Aug. 9 00:52 UTC
The Fountains of Enceladus
I thought I'd send you all into the weekend with a pretty picture. I composed this from the best images I could find of the plumes that have been released to the Planetary Data System to date. Click to enlarge >The Fountains of EnceladusIt is only... More»
Aug. 8, 2008 | 11:46 PDT | 18:46 UTC
Skeet Shooting Enceladus
On Monday, Cassini will fly close by Enceladus, in an encounter that is optimized for imaging. The spacecraft and cameras will be doing some amazing tricks to capture the highest-resolution-yet images of those active south polar vents. I've... More»
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