• Photos Show Strange Elongated Martian Crater

    Updated: 2010-08-31 20:31:07
    Photos just released by the European Space Agency give an up-close look at the strange, elongated Mars crater known as Orcus Patera.

  • News: From the Ground and from Space, New Planetary Systems Unveiled

    Updated: 2010-08-27 08:00:00
    From the Ground and from Space, New Planetary Systems Unveiled (from Planetary News)

  • Press Release: Planetary Society Asks Congress to Refocus NASA Plan

    Updated: 2010-08-19 08:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Planetary Society Asks Congress to Refocus NASA Plan

  • Planetary Trio Provides a Warm-Up Act for Perseids

    Updated: 2010-08-12 23:20:09
    Planning to check out the annual Perseids meteor shower? Don't miss the pre-show when Mars, Venus, Saturn and the moon all come out to play.

  • News: Update on the NASA Authorization Bill

    Updated: 2010-07-30 08:00:00
    Update on the NASA Authorization Bill (from Planetary News)

  • Confessions from Comic-Con

    Updated: 2010-07-29 20:24:53
    I've been standing in line next to a green monster for more than an hour. This might sound like a bad situation, but the monster is actually a rather nice human in body paint and stunning, neon-green contact lenses.

  • Rocks and Stars with Amy: Milestones

    Updated: 2010-07-20 19:33:38
    It's hard to believe that we've just crossed the six-month mark on WISE -- seems like just yesterday when we were all up at Vandenberg Air Force Base, near Santa Barbara, shivering in the cold at night while watching the countdown clock.

  • Super Swooper: Cassini wraps up its lowest pass through Titan atmosphere

    Updated: 2010-06-21 23:53:38
    Cassini has successfully completed its lowest pass through Titan's atmosphere.

  • News: Kepler Discovers Hundreds of New Planets

    Updated: 2010-06-21 08:00:00
    Kepler Discovers Hundreds of New Planets (from Planetary News)

  • Cassini to Swing Low Into Titan’s Atmosphere

    Updated: 2010-06-18 00:59:17
    César Bertucci This weekend, Cassini will embark on an exciting mission: trying to establish if Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, possesses a magnetic field of its own. This is important for understanding the moon’s interior and geochemical evolution. For Titan scientists, this is one of the most anticipated flybys of the whole mission. We want to get as [...]

  • In The News: Japanese Spacecraft Deploys First Ever Solar Sail

    Updated: 2010-06-09 08:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Japanese Spacecraft Deploys First Ever Solar Sail

  • Moon and Venus

    Updated: 2010-05-16 00:06:00
    Astronomy Blog You are : in Astronomy Blog archive Moon and Venus An astronomy blog usually but not always based in the UK . Pondering questions such as What is in an exoplanet name Moon and Venus Last night we had some clear skies and I caught a nice glimpse of a slim , crescent Moon with Venus nearby The Moon moves fairly quickly though so the two appeared much closer several hours ago as seen from Australia . The Moon was even seen to occult Venus from India and Northern Africa this . morning The Moon and Venus seen on 15 May 2010 : CREDIT Stuart Tags : Moon Venus Posted in astro blog by Stuart on Sunday 16th May 2010 12:06 BST Add a comment Permalink Comments : ADD A : COMMENT Don't provide an email URL unless really necessary as your comment may get caught in the spam filter . The

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