Planetary Society Blog for Saturday 16 August 2014

Planetary Society Blog

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Interstellar Dust Grains Found by Stardust@home

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 04:04 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bruce...ust-found.html

Seven possible interstellar dust grains have been found by Stardust@home, a
citizen scientist project that The Planetary Society helped out early on.
The dust grains would be the first ever examples of contemporary
interstellar dust.

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The OCO-2 First Light Spectra

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 11:27 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...t-spectra.html

Dr. David Crisp explains how NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2)
works, and what its first light spectra tells his team about the
spacecraft’s performance.

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Finding my way around comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 10:30 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...around-cg.html

Rosetta has nearly completed its first funky three-cornered orbit in front
of the comet. Each day we're getting views of the nucleus from more
directions. I step you through Churyumov-Gerasimenko's geography.