nicholasjon.com :: a weblog >> posts tagged: solarsystem http://nicholasjon.com/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:50:46 GMT nicholasjon.com :: an rss feed http://www.nicholasjon.com/images/n_ficon.gif http://nicholasjon.com/ nicholasjon.com :: favicon Water ice found on Mars http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/6/20/water_ice_found_on_mars <p>Yesterday the Mars rover Phoenix <a href="http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix">twittered</a>:</p> <blockquote>Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have <span class="caps">ICE</span>!!!!! Yes, <span class="caps">ICE</span>, * <span class="caps">WATER ICE</span> * on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!</blockquote><p>Link: <a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/mars-phoenix-tw.html">http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/mars-phoenix-tw.html</a></p> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:50:46 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/6/20/water_ice_found_on_mars nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Amazingly high-res images of Phobos http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/4/10/amazingly_highres_images_of_phobos <p>Link: <a href="http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/phobos">http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/phobos</a></p> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:29:00 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/4/10/amazingly_highres_images_of_phobos nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Astronomers see 'youngest planet' http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/4/2/astronomers_see_youngest_planet <p>Link: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7326318.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7326318.stm</a></p> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:26:12 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/4/2/astronomers_see_youngest_planet nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) First images from Saturn moon Enceladus http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/14/first_images_from_saturn_moon_enceladus <p>Link: <a href="http://www.news.com/2300-11397_3-6234196-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg">http://www.news.com/2300-11397_3-6234196-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:22:14 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/14/first_images_from_saturn_moon_enceladus nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Voyager 2 has left the building http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/11/voyager_2_has_left_the_building <p>It&#8217;s now officially out of the solar system.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071210/full/news.2007.365.html">http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071210/full/news.2007.365.html</a></p> Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:31:45 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/11/voyager_2_has_left_the_building nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Saturn's rings in motion http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/11/7/saturns_rings_in_motion <p>Watch for the gravitational interaction between the rings and the moons.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/planetary/33308/cassini_ring_movie_2_ugordan.mov?">http://s3.amazonaws.com/planetary/33308/cassini_ring_movie_2_ugordan.mov?</a></p> Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:57:44 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/11/7/saturns_rings_in_motion nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Jupiter's New Red Spot http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/3/3/jupiters_new_red_spot <p>Storms collide and Red Jr. is formed</p><p>Link: <a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/02mar_redjr.htm">http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/02mar_redjr.htm</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:41 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/3/3/jupiters_new_red_spot nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Ten little indians? http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/8/1/ten_little_indians <p>Astronomers may have found a tenth planet in our solar system</p><p>Link: <a href="http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/8/1/1">http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/8/1/1</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:41 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/8/1/ten_little_indians nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick)