Blogs

The Curiosity Kerfuffle: the big (and increasing) difference between data and discovery

Emily Lakdawalla • December 03, 2012 •

I'm in San Francisco, reporting from the American Geophysical Union meeting. This morning, there was a much-anticipated press briefing featuring the latest results from Curiosity.

A dispatch from J-school: two short videos

Jason Davis • October 23, 2012

Two short videos produced by Jason Davis on astronomy and planetary science work taking place at the University of Arizona.

Can tweets recap a new media space workshop?

Jason Davis • July 24, 2012 •

Recapping the 2012 University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric Space Physics new media workshop with attendees' tweets.

A plea to Mars Science Laboratory team members: write your experiences down

Emily Lakdawalla • July 17, 2012 •

In which I beg the people working on Curiosity to write about what happens in the coming weeks, even if you never share those writings publicly.

Happy LPSC Deadline Day, especially to composers of abstract haiku

Emily Lakdawalla • January 10, 2012

January 10, 2012 was a high-stress day for many in the world of planetary geology: the deadline for submission of abstracts for the 2012 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). One creative coping mechanism for the stress of completing the LPSC abstract submission process is the tradition of capturing the essence of one's work in the seventeen syllables of the Haiku form.