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Planetary Science
Planetary Radio - The Planetary Society:
Come sailing with us! Bill Nye the Science and Planetary Guy satisfies your curiosity about The Planetary Society's LightSail project in a special conversation. First though, Emily Lakdawalla provides updates on the discover (Read More)
News Networks:
Planetary Science,
The Cosmos
Exoplanetology:
As a follow-up to my previous post about EVE's exoplanetary upgrades to their Dominion expansion, here's what i found out:By December 2009, the graphical upgrade will affect all 50,000 planets and several hundred thousand moo (Read More)
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Exoplanetology
Submitted by jgmize
from Google Reader:
I’ll be posting my long-delayed appraisal of the movie Surrogates, shortly. But meanwhile, here’s a raft of links and other cool items that remind us that -- despite efforts to turn civilization toward know-nothing foolishne (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
from Google Reader:
Back when I was a kid I found an old atlas that had been on the family shelves since the early 1900’s. I used to browse through it looking at all the places that had changed. The map of eastern Europe was, as you can imagine, (Read More)
Planetary Society Weblog:
One of the highlights of the annual meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society is the awarding of several prizes. The Gerard P. Kuiper Prize for outstanding contributions to the (Read More)
News Networks:
Exoplanetology,
The Cosmos
Topic:
Solar System
Planetary Society Daily Almanac:
MESSENGER's Third Gravity Assist Successful, But "Safe Mode" Interrupts Science (from Planetary News). (Read More)
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Planetary Science
Planetary Society Weblog:
Mike Malaska contributed this guest blog entry back in March, at the end of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference meeting, just after Emily was ordered on bed rest. Emily apologizes profusely to Mike for the long delay (Read More)
Topic:
Space
NPR: Science Friday Podcast:
A space rock smashed into Jupiter earlier this week, leaving a dark scar about the size of Earth. Australian backyard astronomer Anthony Wesley recounts his discovery of the impact, and planetary scientist Leigh Fletcher talk (Read More)
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Planetary Science
Planetary Radio - The Planetary Society:
Planetary scientist and New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern recently came up with his list of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. He reviews most of them on this week's show. Bill Nye is caught a (Read More)
News Networks:
Planetary Science,
The Cosmos
Topic:
Galaxy
Submitted by kchau
from Google Reader:
The average temperature of the Earth has risen by 1°C over the past hundred years and suddenly humanity is on the brink of extinction, or so say the doomsayers. Don’t worry, this isn’t a global warming denial thread, but it i (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
from Google Reader:
Gliese 581, the star that teased us a few years back with reports of a ’super-Earth’ planet in the habitable zone, is back in the news. Michel Mayor’s Geneva team has located a fourth planet in the system, Gliese 581 e, which (Read More)
Astroengine.com:
DNA and amino acids. Not just a terrestrial thing? (©CG4TV)This is probably one of the biggest questions that hang over science fiction story lines: Will extraterrestrials have any resemblance to Life As We Know It™? To be ho (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
from Google Reader:
I don’t know if you’ve noticed it or not, but over tha past year or so there’s been a media revolution - at least when it comes to the reporting and coverage of space missions and activities. “Mouse Media” is here, and here t (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
from Google Reader:
Here's something you've never seen before: Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, caught on video as its orbit takes it behind the gaseous giant. Incredible. This movie shows Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, as it ducks behind t (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
from Google Reader:
I first encountered the surface of Jupiter decades ago, in a study hall in John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri. It was a warm spring day and I was theoretically trying to bone up for a math test two periods hence. Bu (Read More)
Submitted by coreburn
from Google Reader:
Giant glaciers buried under the surface ofMars at much lower latitudes than any previously known ice are a potential source of drinking water for future astronauts.The discovery, made using ground-penetrating radar on NASA'sM (Read More)
NASA Breaking News:
NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock layers. (Read More)
News Networks:
Planetary Science,
Exoplanetology
Submitted by socmed2k:
Cassini once appeared to be the last giant planetary science mission, but NASA is now planning two such large missions next decade. (Read More)
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Planetary Science
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