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  • Sciency Words A to Z: Hydrothermal Vents

    Sciency Words A to Z: Hydrothermal Vents

    April 9, 2019
  • Last week, NASA’s Cassini Mission came to an end when the spacecraft crashed into the planet Saturn. This was, of course, a planned event: a [...]

    In Memory of Cassini

    September 20, 2017
  • This is a follow-up to my recent post about NASA’s next flagship-class mission. There seemed to be a lot of interest in the comments about a [...]

    The Titan Mission That Could’ve Been

    July 31, 2017
  • Let’s imagine you’re NASA. You have two big flagship-class missions coming up: one to search for life on Mars (launcing in 2020) and another [...]

    NASA’s Next Flagship Mission

    July 19, 2017
  • Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, is becoming increasingly famous as one of those places in the Solar System where we’re most likely to find [...]

    Have I Been Drawing Enceladus Wrong?

    June 13, 2017
  • Today’s post is a special A to Z Challenge edition of Sciency Words, an ongoing series here on Planet Pailly where we take a look at some [...]

    Sciency Words: Libration (An A to Z Challenge Post)

    April 14, 2017
  • Welcome to a very special holiday edition of Sciency Words! Today’s science or science-related term is: FROST LINE When a new star is forming, [...]

    Sciency Words: Frost Line

    December 23, 2016
  • Regarding Greek mythology, it seems no one’s really sure who Dione was. Ancient sources contradict each other, and modern scholars think there [...]

    Meet a Moon: Dione

    October 24, 2016
  • In his book All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life, author Jon Willis gives you $4 billion. How many authors do that? [...]

    All These Worlds Are Yours: A Book Review

    October 11, 2016
  • Where did Saturn’s rings come from? It is possible that the rings were always there, that they formed 4.5 billion years ago along with the rest [...]

    Saturn’s Story: Rings, Moons, and Alien Life

    April 20, 2016

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