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Dawn Journal: Riding gravitational currents to HAMO2
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2012/06/05 03:30 CDT
Dawn is beginning its departure from Vesta, spiraling upward from its low-altitude mapping orbit to a higher one from which it will map north polar terrain not visible during the earlier mapping orbit.
Speak out for Planetary Exploration
Posted by David Paige on 2012/06/04 03:46 CDT
On June 9, UCLA faculty and students will join institutions across the country in voicing their support for continued funding of NASA's planetary science program through the National Planetary Science Bake Sale and Car Wash. If you aren’t able to make it to an event, be sure to make your voice heard by contacting your local representatives.
Artist's views of a night sky transformed by a galaxy merger
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/06/04 12:25 CDT | 2 comments
A measurement of the Andromeda galaxy's proper motion shows it's coming directly at us, and will collide with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. The event will transform the appearance of our night sky.
Not Necessarily Your Last Venus Transit!
Posted by Jim Bell on 2012/06/04 11:24 CDT | 3 comments
Unless you are lucky and healthy enough to live for another 105 years, tomorrow will be your last chance to see a Venus transit from the surface of the Earth. But this need not be the last transit of Venus that you will ever see.
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Departs Winter Site for Field of Veins
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2012/06/02 05:43 CDT
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity strolled out of her winter haven this May to continue the expedition around Endeavour Crater, roving into yet another Martian spring.
Transit of Venus June 5: Why Should You Care and How to Observe
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2012/06/02 01:56 CDT | 2 comments
A rare astronomical event occurs June 5/6. Find out why you should care and how to observe it.
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