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Stories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
[email protected] Listens to the Dying Gasps of Black Hole
If we were to listen to radio transmissions from space, we should be able to hear the dying gasps of black holes. As it turns out, we are listening, or at least the [email protected] receiver is. Perched above the giant Arecibo dish, it is systematically surveying a large portion of the sky, listening to the signals coming from space.
Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grants (20 March 2001)
I just wanted to express my appreciation again to The Planetary Society for the Shoemaker Grant. Apogee Instruments delivered the AP6Ep purchased with the grant on 9 March 2001. Critical mass on all of the other components associated with implementing the proposal was reached last week.
The 2000 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
In 2000, The Planetary Society awarded $33,700 (US) worth of grants to an international group of researchers in support of near-Earth asteroid detection and characterization efforts.
Mars Microphone Ready for Duty
The Planetary Society's Mars Microphone is on board the Mars Polar Lander, and as far as we can tell, in good shape.
The 1999 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
In 1999, The Planetary Society awarded $28,000 (US) to an international group of researchers in support of near-Earth asteroid detection and characterization efforts.
Latest Round of Mars Microphone Tests Successful
The Mars Microphone has successfully gone through its latest round of testing in preparation for launch on the Mars Surveyor spacecraft in January 1999.
The 1997 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
In 1997, The Planetary Society awarded $35,000 (US) to an international group of researchers in support of near-Earth asteroid detection and characterization efforts.
The Gift of Apollo
Carl Sagan writes that once upon a time, we soared into the solar system. For a few years. Then we hurried back. Why? What happened? What was Apollo really about?
The Adventure of the Planets
Carl Sagan's argument for planetary exploration. Published in the first issue of The Planetary Report magazine.