Phoenix Mars Lander begins its exploration of Mars’ northern polar region after a successful touchdown today.
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Phoenix Has Landed!
May 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Exploration · Mars · Proud Geekery · Space
Potentially Habitable Planet Discovered
April 24th, 2007 · 15 Comments
This story has me geeking out big time!
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have discovered a potentially habitable planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581. At 20.4 light years away within the constellation of Libra, Gliese 581 is one of the hundred closest stars to Earth. This planet – right now [...]
Eight planets!
August 24th, 2006 · Comments Off
Pluto has been demoted! The International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided to demote Pluto from planetary status at their annual meeting in Prague. The other option on the table would have promoted several other objects to planetary status including the asteroid Ceres, Pluto’s “moon” Charon and the Kuiper Belt object 2003 UB313 (which is [...]
Tags: Space