The Planetary Report
The Lure of Europa
Volume 33, number 1
March Equinox 2013
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Features
8 Turning the Tides: Alyssa Rhoden and Robert Pappalardo present the Europa Clipper.
14 An Ode to Discovery: Casey Dreier describes what’s lost in an era of austerity.
16 Storms of Distant Skies: Michael Carroll takes us on an illustrated weather tour of the solar system.
20 One Alpha Centauri Planet: Bruce Betts reports on this discovery and on Member-supported work to find more exoplanets in the AlphaCen system.
Planetary Society Kids: What conditions are needed for life to arise?
Departments
2 MySky Arizona and Antarctica: Vive la différence!
4 Your Place in Space Bill Nye looks at new missions and discusses the challenges ahead.
5 Planetary Radio Have you listened lately? Our guests fill you in on the details.
7 Snapshots from Space Curiosity takes a self-portrait.
13 Q&A Is Earth size important for habitability?
13 Factinos Asteroid 2012 DA14: The Movie.
23 What’s Up? Do you know your cloud patterns on Saturn?
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