Barely a day goes by when some new discovery is announced about our Solar system – the planets, asteroids, comets, meteorites, extra-solar visitors. Images of the unexpected. A wealth of data, literally years worth, collected by active and retired satellites – field excursions to deeper space and different worlds, rovers landing on specks of dust. And the images – astounding views of such distant places. The excitement is palpable.
Comets; portents of doom or icy bits of space jetsam?
Sand dunes but no beach; A Martian breeze
A watery Mars: Canals, a duped radio audience, and geological excursions
Which satellite is that? What does it measure?
Life on Mars; what are we searching for?
Io; Zeus’s fancy and Jupiter’s moon
The origin of life; Panspermia, meteorites, and a bit of luck
Near Earth Objects; the database designed to save humanity
Subcutaneous oceans on distant moons; Enceladus and Europa
Visualizing Mars landscape in 3 dimensions; stunning images from HiRISE
