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5...4...3...2...1...1...Happy New Year!

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/12/31 01:29 CST

Read that title aloud. Yes, the last minute of 2005 is actually 61 seconds long.

A debate in Meridiani Planum

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/12/24 08:30 CST

There was a big news splash about two articles that appeared in Nature about Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site. The articles suggest two theories for the formation of the layered sulfur-rich deposits at Meridiani Planum that do not involve standing liquid water.

A nap for Venus Express

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/12/22 06:17 CST

According to the latest Venus Express Status Reporton ESA's website, the Near Earth Commissioning Phase of the mission has been completed successfully, and the spacecraft is going to be napping for a few weeks as it continues to cruise toward Venus.

(Almost) everything you ever wanted to know about New Horizons and Pluto

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/12/20 05:56 CST

I was browsing around the Web today looking for material to improve the information we have on our site about Pluto, and discovered that the New Horizons mission has just posted their launch press kit.

Analyzing the first published Huygens results

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/12/02 03:26 CST

I am working my way steadily through the seven Huygens papers that were released by Nature magazine Wednesday on their "Advance online publication" website.