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Mars One astronaut selection announcement

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/21 08:29 CDT | 25 comments

Today I am on my way to New York City, where I will be serving as the moderator for Mars One's first press briefing.

Aproned mesas in Deuteronilus Mensae, Mars

A walk among the mesas of Deuteronilus Mensae

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/19 02:17 CDT | 4 comments

Enjoy some pretty pictures of some bizarre terrain on Mars: the mesas of Deuteronilus Mensae.

JPL's Open House Falls to the Sequester

Posted by Casey Dreier on 2013/04/18 05:11 CDT | 3 comments

JPL announced that its annual open house was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday, another victim of the arbitrary cuts known as the Sequester.

No Hangout This Week

Posted by Casey Dreier on 2013/04/18 10:54 CDT | 1 comments

Due to unusual travel circumstances, we won't be hosting a live hangout this week.

Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley in the Italian Alps

Saving the World: Shoemaker NEO Grant Winners Announced

Posted by Bruce Betts on 2013/04/17 09:02 CDT | 2 comments

What do the discovery of close fly by asteroid 2012 DA14 and the most productive near Earth object (NEO) follow-up tracking program in the world have in common? They were both made possible by Planetary Society Shoemaker NEO Grants. And, now, we again invest in the future and defending against the asteroid threat to Earth. NEO Shoemaker Award winners for 2013 announced.

Tides of light and ice: Water and rock made from snowmelt on Mars

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/17 01:29 CDT | 4 comments

A recently published paper proposes that much of the sedimentary rock on Mars formed during rare, brief periods of very slight wetness under melting snow.