This compilation consists of articles from blogs and from the scientific literature that are relevant to the topic of this course, and which have captured my fancy. It is by no means complete.

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Contents:

• Living with a Star
• Global warming and climate change
• Formation of Planetary Systems
• Solar System
• Earth
• Moon
• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars
• Ceres and Asteroids
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus, Neptune
• Pluto
• KBOs
• Comets and Meteorites
• Exoplanets
• Life on Other Planets
• Living and Working in Space
• Technology
• History of Astronomy

Other

• The FBI Mysteriously Close New Mexico Observatory Popular Mechanics, 9/12/18

Solar System

• A newly discovered *extremely* distant icy world points to Planet 9 SYSFWire, 10/2/18
• Discovery of 'Goblin' Solar System Object Bolsters the Case for Planet Nine Gizmodo, 10/2/18.
• New Horizons Just Found Hints of a Huge Structure at The Edge of Our Solar System Science Alert, 8/15/18

Articles about the Earth

• 4th U.S. National Climate Assessment Vol.II: Main Messages Climate Nexus, 11/23/18. Also Climate change will shrink US economy and kill thousands, government report warns CNN, 11/23/18. Source: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. Downloads page, November 2018. Report in Brief
• Earth’s inner core is solid, 'J waves' suggest ScienceDaily, 10/19/18. See also Revealed by earthquakes, Earth's inner core may be softer than previously thought ABC, 10/18/20

Articles about the Moon (Luna)

• After decades of work, scientists found direct evidence of ice on the Moon Quartz, 8/20/18. Source: Direct evidence of surface exposed water ice in the lunar polar regions PNAS, 8/20/18

Articles about Mercury

• BepiColombo Launches on Long Journey to Mercury New York Times, 10/19/18. See also Bepicolombo European Space Agency, 10/20/18

Articles about Venus

• NASA's InSight lander captures first 'sounds' of wind on Mars NBC News, 12/8/18
• Forget Mars, Venus Should Be NASA's Next Space Destination Newsweek, 10/16/19
• NASA wants to send humans to Venus – here’s why that’s a brilliant idea The Conversation, 10/15/18. HAVOC NASA, 10/19/18

Articles about Mars

• NASA’s InSight successfully lands on Mars after ‘seven minutes of terror’ The Verge, 9/26,18. Also Mars Insight Mission NASA, 9/26/18
• NASA Will Land InSight on Mars With Cunning—and Lots of Cork Wired, 11/23/18
• NASA Announces Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover NASA PR 18-103, 11/19/18. See also NASA chooses the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover mission TechCrunch, 11/19/18
• How NASA Will Use Robots to Create Rocket Fuel From Martian Soil IEEE Spectrum, 10/30/18
• What's That Weird Cloud That's Been Looming Over Mars for Weeks? Vice, 10/26/18. See also A Volcanic Eruption on Mars? Nope. New York Times, 10/26/18
• Oxygen-Rich Liquid Water May Exist on Mars Scientific American, 10/22/18
• Team Continues to Listen for Opportunity Space Daily, 9/3/18
• NASA's InSight passes halfway to Mars, instruments check in Space Daily, 8/21/18
• NASA's Opportunity Rover on Mars Still Silent 2 Months into Epic Dust Storm Space.com, 8/18/18
• Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars BBC News, 7/25/18