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Paul Scott Anderson

Stunning Mars images, from Curiosity

The Curiosity rover has sent back some beautiful new images of the foothills of Mount Sharp in Gale crater on Mars.

Paul Scott Anderson

March 16, 2018

Astronomers discover 1st possible exoplanets in another galaxy

“We are able to study them, unveil their presence and even have an idea of their masses. This is very cool science.”

Paul Scott Anderson

February 11, 2018

Mars life clues from methane and ‘sticks’

The Curiosity rover has made 2 new and interesting discoveries - the first about methane in Mars' air and the other about stick-rock formations - both related the possibility of life.

Paul Scott Anderson

January 12, 2018

Opportunity rover on Mars still going strong after 14 years

Opportunity has been exploring Mars for 14 years. It and its solar panels recently survived the winter darkness in its location and are now facing a possible planet-wide dust storm in 2018.

Paul Scott Anderson

December 18, 2017

Are alien microbes hitching a ride on the International Space Station?

Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov found the bacteria in samples swabbed from outside surfaces of ISS. They weren't present at launch. Where did they come from?

Paul Scott Anderson

December 5, 2017

Wow! Juno’s 8th science flyby of Jupiter

A new and awesome batch of images has emerged from the Juno mission's most recent flyby of Jupiter. Plus, the mission gets a new project manager.

Paul Scott Anderson

November 10, 2017

Reliving Cassini’s final moments

"Cassini managed to survive for 91 seconds in this epic battle, before tipping over backward during the last 8 seconds and then finally losing radio contact with Earth."

Paul Scott Anderson

October 23, 2017

Space visionaries boost Pluto lander

At a NASA symposium this week, space scientists and engineers presented an exciting new concept for a lander that would explore Pluto by "hopping" across its surface.

Paul Scott Anderson

September 29, 2017

A new look at ocean worlds

Here's how the James Webb Space Telescope - successor to Hubble, due to launch in 2018 - will study Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Paul Scott Anderson

September 4, 2017

Cassini prepares for last look at Titan

Even as the long-lived Cassini spacecraft gears up for its last moments at Saturn, it's preparing for a final long-distance look at Titan, Saturn's large moon, on September 11.

Paul Scott Anderson

August 17, 2017

Paul Scott Anderson

Paul Scott Anderson has had a passion for space exploration that began when he was a child when he watched Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. He studied English, writing, art and computer/publication design in high school and college. He later started his blog The Meridiani Journal in 2005, which was later renamed Planetaria. He also later started the blog Fermi Paradoxica, about the search for life elsewhere in the universe. While interested in all aspects of space exploration, his primary passion is planetary science and SETI. In 2011, he started writing about space on a freelance basis with Universe Today. He has also written for SpaceFlight Insider and AmericaSpace and has also been published in The Mars Quarterly. He also did some supplementary writing for the iOS app Exoplanet. He has been writing for EarthSky since 2018, and also assists with proofing and social media.