Mike Brown's Planets
A weekly column from astronomer Mike Brown on space and science, planets (full and dwarf), the sun and the moon and the stars, and the joys and frustrations of search, discovery, and life.
Added on 11 May 2009, 13:04 UTC, last updated on 4 Apr 2013, 01:05 UTC
Latest Posts
- 4 Apr 2013, 01:03 UTC The dwarf planet that gets no respect
- 13 Mar 2013, 04:56 UTC Comets!
- 5 Mar 2013, 19:14 UTC Sea salt (part 3)
- 5 Mar 2013, 05:38 UTC Sea Salt (part 2)
- 1 Mar 2013, 13:17 UTC Sea Salt (part 1)
- 27 Feb 2013, 01:30 UTC There is a Season 5
- 27 Oct 2011, 05:12 UTC And the answer is....
- 10 Sep 2011, 22:08 UTC This post might not be wrong
- 24 Aug 2011, 17:51 UTC The death of the 10th planet
- 23 Aug 2011, 18:05 UTC Free the dwarf planets!
- 20 Aug 2011, 23:12 UTC The Redemption of Snow White (Part 3 of 3)
- 11 Aug 2011, 23:21 UTC The redemption of Snow White (Part 2)
- 9 Aug 2011, 18:55 UTC The redemption of Snow White (Part 1)
- 6 Aug 2011, 11:41 UTC Mike Brown's Planets
- 10 Dec 2010, 20:59 UTC The seven planets
- 7 Dec 2010, 16:56 UTC Mars attacks
- 29 Nov 2010, 23:05 UTC There's something out there -- part 3
- 23 Nov 2010, 04:20 UTC How big is Pluto, anyway?
- 18 Nov 2010, 23:23 UTC Brian Marsden, gatekeeper of the solar system
- 16 Nov 2010, 09:19 UTC So is Pluto a planet after all?
- 12 Nov 2010, 10:29 UTC Dwarf planets are crazy
- 7 Nov 2010, 18:05 UTC The shadowy hand of Eris
- 28 Oct 2010, 16:11 UTC There's something out there -- part 2
- 20 Oct 2010, 22:13 UTC There is something out there
- 12 Oct 2010, 20:05 UTC Heading South, Looking Up
- 6 Oct 2010, 22:16 UTC Season 4: The Sabbatical Years
- 4 Apr 2010, 08:47 UTC Mike Brown's Planets
- 6 Jan 2010, 04:32 UTC Changing my world
- 29 Dec 2009, 20:38 UTC A ghost of Christmas past
- 21 Dec 2009, 23:16 UTC Happy Solstice
- 28 Nov 2009, 23:49 UTC The end of the fall
- 29 Sep 2009, 15:40 UTC P.S. on the problem with science
- 28 Sep 2009, 18:11 UTC P.S. on the problem with science
- 28 Sep 2009, 03:59 UTC The problem with science
- 31 Aug 2009, 01:32 UTC Millard Canyon Memories
- 27 Aug 2009, 19:30 UTC Fog! Titan! Titan Fog! (and a peer review experiment)
- 23 Aug 2009, 22:50 UTC Planetary Placemats
- 12 Aug 2009, 17:00 UTC The long road to a Titan storm
- 10 Aug 2009, 00:09 UTC Rio roundup
- 2 Aug 2009, 20:04 UTC Don't try to blame it on Rio
- 28 Jul 2009, 03:41 UTC The first of the Pluto books!
- 20 Jul 2009, 20:22 UTC Lunar dreams
- 13 Jun 2009, 22:32 UTC Thank you from the future
- 8 Jun 2009, 03:35 UTC Sony Pictures and the end of the world
- 3 Jun 2009, 03:13 UTC Homeward bound
- 19 May 2009, 04:23 UTC Heavens above!
- 11 May 2009, 01:05 UTC Godspeed
- 5 May 2009, 21:13 UTC Encore: Yelping at Saints
- 5 May 2009, 21:13 UTC Encore: Yelping at Saints
- 27 Apr 2009, 00:19 UTC Baby Pictures
