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Planetary Surface Processes Field Trip: Day 5
Today was a long and awesome day. We started out at Meteor Crater, the youngest and best preserved impact crater on Earth!
Planetary Surface Processes Field Trip: Day 4
Today we visited the Grand Canyon. If you haven’t been there before, there is no way to convey what it is like.
Hubble catches a quadruple transit
Hubble catches a quadruple transit
Take a field trip to Arizona
Take a field trip to Arizona
Planetary Surface Processes Field Trip: Day 2
Today we made our way from Phoenix north to Flagstaff, and on the way stopped to check out some interesting geology in Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon.
Planetary Surface Processes Field Trip: Day 3
Today was all about volcanoes.
Carnival of Space #94
Carnival of Space #94
Planetary Surface Processes Field Trip: Day 1
After a hectic week of tying up loose ends and running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I now have my proster done for the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and am in Phoenix for the Planetary Surface Processes field trip, led by my adviser Jim Bell.
Ulysses: Still not dead yet
Ulysses: Still not dead yet
I have an announcement to make
I have an announcement to make
"Status reports" on Mars Odyssey and the Cassini Saturn orbiter
"Status reports" on Mars Odyssey and the Cassini Saturn orbiter
New Horizons spots Triton
New Horizons spots Triton
Quick Kepler update
Quick Kepler update
A first map of Io, revisited
A first map of Io, revisited
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter eye candy: HiRISE images Deimos
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter eye candy: HiRISE images Deimos
Dawn Journal: Safely Past Mars
Dawn swooped close to Mars and then left it behind on a new course, having taken advantage of Mars's gravity.
Carnival of Space #93: From our own planet, to exoplanets
Carnival of Space #93: From our own planet, to exoplanets
Kepler launch is coming soon, and I'm Twittering
Kepler launch is coming soon, and I'm Twittering
"On Point" tomorrow at 8 am Pacific (1600 UTC)
"On Point" tomorrow at 8 am Pacific (1600 UTC)
What are the rovers up to? March 2009
As usual, troubled Spirit's progress sometimes amounts to only centimeters, while golden child Opportunity has already clocked four kilometers on its trek toward Endeavour.