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Nov. 18, 2011 | 09:34 PST | 17:34 UTC
Guest Post: Ray Sanders: What's Up in the Winter Sky
by Ray Sanders
The warm days and cool evenings of fall are giving way to cold days and colder nights. For many amateur astronomers, observing during winter is a bit of a challenge - clouds, dew, ice, and of course, the cold. Despite the conditions,... More»
Nov. 17, 2011 | 15:32 PST | 23:32 UTC
Is Europa's ice thin or thick? At chaos terrain, it's both!
Yesterday there was a press briefing about a paper published in Nature* about lakes inside Jupiter's moon Europa. I didn't have time to watch the briefing but I've just read the paper and it's a really important one. It's an academic paper, but in... More»
Nov. 16, 2011 | 13:58 PST | 21:58 UTC
Our friendly neighborhood asteroid, 2005 YU55 (an animation)
Last week JPL released two animations of asteroid 2005 YU55 made from the radar data acquired by Goldstone's 70-meter radio dish. Both of the animations were made from data acquired on November 7, the same day I toured Goldstone -- the second was... More»
Nov. 15, 2011 | 15:03 PST | 23:03 UTC
NASA On Verge of Getting a Budget -- Congress Will Vote This Week
By Charlene Anderson
Here's a quick wrap-up of the "minibus" bill containing budget for NASA for fiscal year 2012, which started 6 six weeks ago. The bill reconciles the competing U.S. House and Senate plans proposed earlier this year, including... More»
Nov. 15, 2011 | 10:58 PST | 18:58 UTC
Planetary Society statement entered into testimony for House hearing on future of planetary science
by Charlene Anderson
Today, The Planetary Society entered the following statement into testimony for the hearing "Exploring Mars and Beyond: What Next for U.S. Planetary Science?" held by the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the U.S. House... More»
Nov. 15, 2011 | 09:12 PST | 17:12 UTC
Book Review: A More Perfect Heaven, by Dava Sobel
Click to enlarge >A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the CosmosA More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos$25by Dava SobelWalker and Co., 2011288 pages, hardcoverISBN: 978-0-8027-1793-1As with her previous two... More»
Nov. 14, 2011 | 17:37 PST | Nov. 15 01:37 UTC
Phobos-Grunt status, launch plus six days
I said I wasn't going to post again unless the spacecraft talked to us, but I changed my mind because finally there were official comments today about the status of the mission from Roskosmos head Vladimir Popovkin. There was a press briefing about... More»
Nov. 14, 2011 | 16:44 PST | Nov. 15 00:44 UTC
A little fun with Deep Impact deep-sky data
A couple of weeks ago I posted about some neat new Deep Impact images of deep-sky objects. The imaging was done as an "operational training exercise," which implies that there is more to come. And last week, the team put all of the data from Deep... More»
Nov. 14, 2011 | 15:48 PST | 23:48 UTC
How to move a shuttle across Los Angeles
Ever since the space shuttle Endeavour was awarded to the California Science Center I've been curious about the question of how they will ever get a shuttle from Los Angeles International Airport across more than 10 miles of densely developed city... More»
Nov. 11, 2011 | 15:08 PST | 23:08 UTC
U.S. House of Representatives Hearing Next Week; Show Up to Show Your Support for Space Exploration
By Charlene Anderson
If want to demonstrate your support for planetary exploration – and you're planning to be in the Washington, D.C. area next Tuesday, November 15, 2011 – please consider adding your presence to the congressional hearing on... More»
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