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Death Valley Nights

Death Valley Nights

There's nothing like a trip away from the city lights to remind you just how bad light pollution can be here in the Bay Area. The Milky Way in the skies of Death Valley's Devil's Racetrack. Credit: Dan Duriscoe, U.S. National Park ServiceI just got back from my semi-yearly pilgrimage to my favorite spot on [...]

 
Ben Burress

Post on Jan 04, 2008 by

Postcards from Mars

Postcards from Mars

Picture of the edge of Victoria Crater superimposed with image of the rover Opportunity. Credit: NASA/JPLMars is not only on the horizon, it's become a sky-high creature of the night…and so, it's time to blog about the Red Planet once again, and to showcase a few favorite pictures from the veteran robots presently exploring that [...]

 
Ben Burress

Post on Dec 07, 2007 by

The Five Worlds of 55 Cancri

The Five Worlds of 55 Cancri

Artist concept of a Neptune-sized planet orbiting the star 55 Cancri. Credit: NASAAnother milestone has been reached in the two-decade old search for "extrasolar planets," a.k.a exoplanets– planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. In November it was announced that the leading exoplanet research team– the California and Carnegie Planet Search Team, led on [...]

 
Ben Burress

Post on Nov 23, 2007 by

 
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