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Paul Scott Anderson

Bridges on the Moon

September 13, 2010 by Paul Scott Anderson

This is interesting; the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed the first known naturally forming bridges on the moon. Natural bridges on Earth usually result from wind and water erosion, so just how these ones formed on the airless moon isn’t clear yet, but a collapsed …

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Opportunity rover now halfway to Endeavour crater

September 10, 2010 by Paul Scott Anderson

The Opportunity rover passed the halfway mark this week on its long journey from Victoria crater to the huge 22 kilometre (14 mile) diameter Endeavour crater. A fitting first post for the new blog, as it is of course in Meridiani Planum where Opportunity has been …

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Welcome to The Meridiani Journal (formerly Planetaria)

September 10, 2010 by Paul Scott Anderson

Welcome to the new and improved version of this blog! First, it was necessary to go back to the original name, The Meridiani Journal. The name Planetaria was no longer available as a proper domain name, which this blog now has finally or even as a …

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About Planetaria

Pluto backlit by the Sun, as seen by New Horizons in 2015

Planetaria (formerly The Meridiani Journal) is a chronicle of planetary exploration, both in our own Solar System and beyond. Many continuing discoveries, such as the geysers of Enceladus, the subsurface ocean of Europa, the methane rivers, lakes and seas of Titan, the mountains and glaciers of Pluto, the cold but beautiful deserts of Mars and the thousands of exoplanets orbiting other stars make this an exciting time of exploration and discovery.

I publish Planetaria as a personal blog, a complement to my other freelance space writing for EarthSky and AmericaSpace.

- Paul Scott Anderson

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