Blog update
I’ve tweaked the blog a bit more, updating the header graphic a bit and switching to a white background. Also playing with the CSS for other minor tweaks, but I like the feel now. Will add more blogs to the blogroll and photos to the …
The case of the missing methane
In our solar system, all of the gas giant planets have abundant methane in their atmospheres. It was expected that similar planets in other solar systems would also, but one has been found which doesn’t… the planet GJ 436b, about the size of Neptune, orbiting a …
The Great Red Spot in stunning detail
There is a great new blog post over at The Planetary Society Blog regarding a new, enhanced moasaic image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, from the original Voyager 1 images taken in 1979. New computer technology not available then has brought out amazing new details. …
Bridges on the Moon
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 …
Opportunity rover now halfway to Endeavour crater
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 …
Welcome to The Meridiani Journal (formerly Planetaria)
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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