Space & Planetary Science

Editor’s note: Can anyone tell me why Spirit is taking hi res pictures of its photovoltaic arrays with its micro imager? [More images]. The detail that some of these self-portraits […]

Editor’s note: While I am on the topic of Mars rover images, why is it that these pages on the Exploratorium’s website for Spirit and Opportunity have image updates multiple […]

3 December 2004: NASA Cassini Image: Thieving Moon – Prometheus and F Ring Interactions“As it completed its first orbit of Saturn, Cassini zoomed in on the rings to catch this […]

Editor’s note: Science Magazine has published a special issue on the results obtained from the Mars Rover “Opportunity”. Rather than let the results, and the scientists who have interpreted the […]

2 December 2004: Reports Detail NASA Rover Discoveries of Wet Martian History“The most dramatic findings so far from NASA’s twin Mars rovers — telltale evidence for a wet and possibly […]

NASA Cassini Image: Nature’s Canvas – Mimas and Saturn’s Rings“In a splendid portrait created by light and gravity, Saturn’s lonely moon Mimas is seen against the cool, blue-streaked backdrop of […]

10 September 2004: Genesis Probe Update Editor’s note: According to an update given by Al Diaz, AA for Science, on NASA TV this morning, the desert floor was “a little […]

8 September 2004: Mars May Have Had Large Sea Near NASA Rover Landing Site, UC Boulder “Data from the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey spacecraft now show that the […]

26 August 2004: Major NASA Extrasolar Planet Discovery Announcement Scheduled for August 31st, NASA “A team of planet-hunters will announce their discovery of a new class of planets beyond our […]