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Emily Lakdawalla • December 04, 2010
Time to open the fourth door in the advent calendar. Where in the solar system is this crater-specked mound?
Emily Lakdawalla • December 03, 2010
Time to open the third door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Where in the solar system is this wispy terrain?
Emily Lakdawalla • December 03, 2010
Last night I asked via Twitter for recommendations for articles that did the best job explaining the significance of the work, by people who actually read the relevant paper in Science.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 02, 2010
Time to open the second door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Can you guess where this crater-scarred surface lies?
Bill Nye • December 02, 2010
If you or I ingest arsenic, well...it doesn't go so well. If you are, on the other hand, a certain species of bacterium from Mono Lake, California, ingesting this seemingly toxic metal is simple enough.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 01, 2010
Wander over to Weird Sciences for the 179th Carnival of Space! Every week, a different webmaster or blogger hosts the Carnival, showcasing articles written on the topic of space.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 01, 2010
December really has arrived, and that means that the year is racing to a close. Continuing last year's tradition, I'm counting the days to the New Year with an advent calendar, where each "door" opens onto a global image of a different world in the solar system.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 30, 2010
The year is racing to a close — I can't believe December is here already! Here's Olaf Frohn's map of where everybody is on December 1st.
A.J.S. Rayl • November 30, 2010
The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) forged on in November, their 83rd month of an expedition originally planned for three months: Spirit remained silent at Gusev Crater presumably still re-charging her batteries, as Opportunity roved through a field of craters pressing on toward Endeavour Crater, quietly claiming title along the way to being the first roving robot to drive 25 kilometers on Mars.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 29, 2010
This was a fun image released by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera science team. Take a look at it and see if you can figure out what the significance of the red arrow is.
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