The Meridiani Journal http://themeridianijournal.com Sat, 18 May 2013 04:30:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How Saturn shakes its rings http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/how-saturn-shakes-its-rings/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/how-saturn-shakes-its-rings/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 04:30:54 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4514 Saturn’s rings are one of the most beautiful sights in the solar system. They are an amazing planetary phenomenon – countless bits of rock, ice and dust orbiting the planet in relatively paper-thin rings, which, when seen from above, kind … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/how-saturn-shakes-its-rings/feed/ 0 Curiosity rover ready to start drilling again http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/curiosity-rover-ready-to-start-drilling-again/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/curiosity-rover-ready-to-start-drilling-again/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 21:34:59 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4509 After just coming out of its month-long “vacation” due to solar conjunction, the Curiosity rover is ready to resume science operations, and do some more drilling, it was reported last Thursday. The second drilling site has now been chosen, a piece of bedrock … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/curiosity-rover-ready-to-start-drilling-again/feed/ 0 Predicting snowstorms on Mars http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/predicting-snowstorms-on-mars/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/predicting-snowstorms-on-mars/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 02:18:10 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4506 Mars is famous for its duststorms, which can grow big enough to cover the entire planet. But did you know that it also has snowstorms? These storms can dump a lot of snow on the north polar cap during the bitterly … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/predicting-snowstorms-on-mars/feed/ 0 Humans 2 Mars conference discusses manned NASA mission by 2030 http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/humans-2-mars-conference-discusses-manned-nasa-mission-by-2030/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/humans-2-mars-conference-discusses-manned-nasa-mission-by-2030/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 03:44:11 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4504 The goal of sending astronauts to Mars is one that NASA has had for a long time now, and a conference this week in Washington, DC is hoping to bring that dream closer to reality. The Humans 2 Mars (H2M) Summit is being held at George … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/humans-2-mars-conference-discusses-manned-nasa-mission-by-2030/feed/ 0 The ‘red rose’ of Saturn: stunning new colour images of giant hurricane http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/the-red-rose-of-saturn-stunning-new-colour-images-of-giant-hurricane/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/the-red-rose-of-saturn-stunning-new-colour-images-of-giant-hurricane/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 00:30:31 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4502 Hurricanes are an incredible force of nature, and these huge rotating vortexes of wind are an amazing sight when viewed from space. But Earth is not the only planet that has hurricanes, and there is one on Saturn that dwarfs any on our own … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/05/the-red-rose-of-saturn-stunning-new-colour-images-of-giant-hurricane/feed/ 1 Cassini sees meteor impacts in Saturn’s rings http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/cassini-sees-meteor-impacts-in-saturns-rings/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/cassini-sees-meteor-impacts-in-saturns-rings/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:37:35 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4497 Meteors flashing across the sky are a common sight here on Earth, but of course they are not limited to only our planet; these bits of rocky debris, smaller pieces of asteroids and comets known as meteoroids, can be found … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/cassini-sees-meteor-impacts-in-saturns-rings/feed/ 0 There’s a lot of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere, thanks to comet impact http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/theres-a-lot-of-water-in-jupiters-atmosphere-thanks-to-comet-impact/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/theres-a-lot-of-water-in-jupiters-atmosphere-thanks-to-comet-impact/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:03:26 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4495 The impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter in 1994 was a spectacular event for astronomers. The scars in Jupiter’s atmosphere lasted for weeks afterward; while those have long since faded, there are still other features of the impact visible even now, it … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/theres-a-lot-of-water-in-jupiters-atmosphere-thanks-to-comet-impact/feed/ 1 Want to go to Mars? Mars One is now taking applications for first human settlers http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/want-to-go-to-mars-mars-one-is-now-taking-applications-for-first-human-settlers/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/want-to-go-to-mars-mars-one-is-now-taking-applications-for-first-human-settlers/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:57:36 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4493 For those of you who would like to go to Mars and be one of the first humans to set foot on the Red Planet, this may be the ticket. As announced in this morning’s press briefing, Mars One is now searching for … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/want-to-go-to-mars-mars-one-is-now-taking-applications-for-first-human-settlers/feed/ 0 Three new possibly habitable ‘super-Earth’ planets discovered http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/three-new-possibly-habitable-super-earth-planets-discovered/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/three-new-possibly-habitable-super-earth-planets-discovered/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:28:55 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4490 There is some more exciting news from the Kepler space telescope mission – as announced in a NASA press briefing this morning, three more planets have been detected orbiting in their stars’ habitable zones. Larger planets have been found already in this zone … Continue reading →

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]]> http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/three-new-possibly-habitable-super-earth-planets-discovered/feed/ 5 Old Soviet Mars 3 lander discovered? http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/old-soviet-mars-3-lander-discovered/ http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/04/old-soviet-mars-3-lander-discovered/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:14:16 +0000 Paul Scott Anderson http://themeridianijournal.com/?p=4488 A “missing” Mars lander and its associated hardware from the 1970s may have finally been discovered in images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Soviet Mars 3 lander was the first successful landing on Mars by any spacecraft, but after transmitting for only 14.5 … Continue reading →

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