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Plumbing on Mars: HiRISE Reveals Groundwater Cracks
This image from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter, shows cracks in the rocks on Mars that once formed the underground plumbing through which groundwater traveled.
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Small update for a small asteroid
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Small update for a small asteroid
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Monitoring Venus with the VMC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Monitoring Venus with the VMC
Some basic information on the upcoming Shenzhou 7 launch
Some basic information on the upcoming Shenzhou 7 launch
An update on Ulysses: Recovery from sun sensor anomaly
An update on Ulysses: Recovery from sun sensor anomaly
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To reach out, let people in
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To reach out, let people in
Website problems
Website problems
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To be bold, be small (part 1)
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To be bold, be small (part 1)
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To be bold, be small (part 2)
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To be bold, be small (part 2)
What's up in the solar system for the week of September 22
What's up in the solar system for the week of September 22
Ulysses is in peril
Ulysses is in peril
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Arrival and Mars' north pole
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Arrival and Mars' north pole
Opportunity's got a long road ahead
Mars Exploration Rover principal investigator Steve Squyres announced on National Public Radio's Science Friday show the next goal for Opportunity, and it's a long, long, long way away: a huge crater about 12 kilometers southeast of its current location, which the team is referring to internally as
Chandrayaan-1 update
Chandrayaan-1 update
Phoenix Mission Receives OK to Listen for Sounds on Mars
Good news, everyone! The jillions of you who have asked me
Welcome to the solar system, Haumea, Hi'iaka, and Namaka
Welcome to the solar system, Haumea, Hi'iaka, and Namaka
MSL landing site meeting: Votes are in!
MSL landing site meeting: Votes are in!
Potential MSL Site: Holden Crater
The next landing site that we heard about was Holden Crater. Holden is a 154 km diameter crater formed early in martian history that happened to fall smack in the path of an extensive fluvial system.
Potential MSL Site: Eberswalde
The Eberswalde site is interesting because it is unarguably the best example of a delta on Mars.
Potential MSL Site: Mawrth Vallis
The Mawrth Vallis landing site is actually a set of four possible landing ellipses in an area with huge clay mineral signatures that is cut by a meandering outflow channel.