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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Sep. 14, 2009 | 10:11 PDT | 17:11 UTC
Interpreting a crater on the Moon
The images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera or LROC are absolutely stunning. The instrument team does their best to make the images accessible online through the neat Zoomify tool, but unless you have the world's largest monitor Zoomify... More»
Sep. 11, 2009 | 12:26 PDT | 19:26 UTC
LCROSS Mission Selects Crater Cabeus A As Target for October 9 Impact
[I just posted this as a formal news story too.] NASA announced this morning that the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission has selected the target for its planned impact. The selected crater is Cabeus A, which is... More»
Sep. 10, 2009 | 21:57 PDT | Sep. 11 04:57 UTC
A rare view of Iapetus
I was browsing the Cassini raw images website and noticed a set of photos taken of a skinny crescent Iapetus yesterday. It struck me that it's been a while since Cassini looked at this most distant and weird of Saturn's large moons -- I checked the... More»
Sep. 10, 2009 | 13:12 PDT | 20:12 UTC
Two new blogs to follow: 3D planets and image treasures
Two great new planetary science-themed blogs have just started up, and rather than repost everything they've posted so far (which is what I've really wanted to do), I'll just give a summary and point you over there to read. Having done that,... More»
Sep. 9, 2009 | 17:07 PDT | Sep. 10 00:07 UTC
New Hubble images: News story with lots of pics now posted
Check out the news story I just posted on today's amazing image releases from Hubble!Blink comparison of visible and infrared Hubble images of Carina nebulaThe image of the colorful pillar, which was taken in visible light wavelengths, shows the tip... More»
Sep. 9, 2009 | 08:49 PDT | 15:49 UTC
New Hubble images!
There were lots and lots of image goodies released today by the Space Telescope Science Institute in a press briefing meant to tout the success of the Hubble servicing mission conducted in May. Here's the full gallery. I'll be writing much more... More»
Sep. 8, 2009 | 11:54 PDT | 18:54 UTC
Planetary Radio Q and A: How do you know which way a star rotates?
This week's Planetary Radio features Hal McAlister, director of the Mount Wilson Institute; he had just returned to the peak after the worst fire danger had passed when Mat interviewed him. On "Questions and Answers" I answered the question:
"They... More»
Sep. 7, 2009 | 09:40 PDT | 16:40 UTC
Carnival of Space #119 is here at The Planetary Society Blog
Come one, come all, to a special Labor Day weekend Carnival of Space! Here in the US it's traditionally the last weekend of summer, after which we must all be serious and hardworking. Until then, though, let's have fun wandering the sideshows,... More»
Sep. 6, 2009 | 16:56 PDT | 23:56 UTC
A week of Tweets
I'm a little late with this one this week, but I wanted to give myself a chance to Tweet about something other than the Station fire, over which I was obsessing at the beginning of this week. I'll spare you most of my Tweets on that topic.
If... More»
Sep. 4, 2009 | 11:35 PDT | 18:35 UTC
Continuing the Search for Mars Polar Lander
The recent, enormous pile of image releases from the HiRISE camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter includes another dozen taken in the ongoing campaign to hunt for the crash site of Mars Polar Lander. A while back I put together a long page... More»
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