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Correspondent for Nature. Author, with Jeff Kanipe, of Island on Fire (2014). 'The volcano so devastating people ate their own shoes!' - The Daily Mail

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  1. 3 hours ago

    Please let them stay in touch with it, and it be healthy, and and and...

    Since MESSENGER died, there has been no spacecraft doing science at an inner planet. If Akatsuki is really in orbit, this is a BIG DEAL.
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  2. 3 hours ago

    burn went off as planned. It’s at !

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    [release] Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” Result of Attitude Control Engine Thrust…
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  3. 3 hours ago

    I don’t know what Nakamura is saying but he looks happy.

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    7:10 p.m. - 6 Dec 2015 · Details
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    4 hours ago

    BREAKING: Japan's orbiter has entered orbit around , 5 yrs after its 1st try

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    5:45 p.m. - 6 Dec 2015 · Details
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    9 hours ago

    In ~3 hours, the Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki will try and slip into Venusian orbit -- follow along!

    [from Akatsuki team] Current distance of Akatsuki from Venus surface is about 46,000 km. Venus subtends 13 degrees as viewed from Akatsuki.
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    10 hours ago

    Among best 2015 books: Island on Fire by

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    12:36 p.m. - 6 Dec 2015 · Details
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    Dec 4

    Here we go! Pluto at the highest resolution we obtained with New Horizons!

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    12:24 p.m. - 4 Dec 2015 · Details
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  8. Dec 4

    5 years after the last attempt, probe will try again to enter orbit around .

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  9. Dec 3

    Leak in seismometer for InSight, due for a March launch. First reported by

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    NASA mission suffers problem with key instrument
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    Dec 3

    As calls 4 more research into gun violence, it's a great time to revisit 's great profile:

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  11. Dec 3

    . pulls off both adorable dachshund photos + a lede with Creme Puff the cat.

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    2:13 p.m. - 3 Dec 2015 · Details
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    Dec 3

    Does social media make you feel depressed? Fascinating piece by via

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  13. Dec 2

    What’s at stake in the battle over , & ? Our feature explores

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    8:30 p.m. - 2 Dec 2015 · Details
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  14. Dec 2

    Hawaii’s supreme court revokes permit to build mega-telescope atop Mauna Kea

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  15. Dec 2

    Big blow for proponents. My earlier feature on the battle

    Hawaii Supreme Court invalidates permit for telescope on mountain considered sacred by Native Hawaiians:
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  16. Dec 2

    All due to

    “Jules Verne would have dug this plan” on drilling to the mantle
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  17. Dec 2

    2014-15 eruption made cloud droplets smaller, clouds more reflective

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    Dec 2

    "you could communicate between these two planets for hundreds of years before you could ever have a space program."

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  19. Dec 1

    launch delayed at least 24 hours

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  20. Dec 1

    Writers you have 4 more days to apply for reporting fellowship. $ to cover earth/planetary stories!

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