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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»
Mar. 15, 2007 | 17:33 PDT | Mar. 16 00:33 UTC
LPSC, Thursday: Icy satellites
There was a short session at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference this afternoon devoted to the icy worlds of the solar system not presently considered cool enough to be seen with Titan or Enceladus. That's only half a joke -- there were... More»
Mar. 15, 2007 | 08:27 PDT | 15:27 UTC
LPSC, Wednesday: A preview of the Mars Exploration Rover session
I received these notes on Wednesday's Mars Exploration Rover sessions from Tom Swulius, a frequent poster on unmannedspaceflight.com. He's promised more information later but wanted to give a preview of the high points of yesterday's session. ... More»
Mar. 14, 2007 | 17:28 PDT | Mar. 15 00:28 UTC
Pluto occultation coming up March 18
On March 18, just before 11:00 UTC, tiny Pluto will wander across a background star, an event called an "occultation" by astronomers. The event will be visible and in full darkness from the western half of the United States and from almost all of... More»
Mar. 14, 2007 | 14:56 PDT | 21:56 UTC
LPSC: Tuesday: A walk through the morning Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter abstracts
Apart from Anne Verbiscer's contribution on the Saturn satellite geology talks, I haven't received anything else regarding yesterday's sessions at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. There was a big to-do in the press yesterday about the... More»
Mar. 14, 2007 | 13:12 PDT | 20:12 UTC
LPSC: Tuesday: Volcanism and tectonism on Saturn's satellites
I received this report on the Tuesday afternoon special session on volcanism and tectonism on Saturn's satellites from Anne Verbiscer, an astronomer from the University of Virginia who I first met at the Division of Planetary Sciences meeting in... More»
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