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Carnival of Space #329
Welcome to another installment of The Carnival of Space! Here’s some highlights of space and astronomy news from the past week. We’ve got great stories on Gravity (The Movie), Habitable Zones, Mars Exploration, and more!
First off, the Chandra blog brings us two great articles on high-energy jets emanating from black holes. The first article discusses the black hole at the center of our galaxy at: http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/466, and the other discusses the jet from Sgr A* at: http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/467
Universe Today covers the past 15 years of the International Space Station at: http://www.universetoday.com/106545/teenaged-space-station-thriving-after-15-years-of-science-extreme-construction-and-tricky-repairs/
In “JFK and the Moon” Dr. Paul Spudis examines the role he played in our race to the Moon. Read more at: http://blogs.airspacemag.com/moon/2013/11/jfk-and-the-moon/
The Venus transit offers a review of ‘Gravity’, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Check out the review at: http://www.thevenustransit.com/2013/11/gravity-movie.html
Cheap Astronomy investigates some of the astrophysics underlying the concept of ‘habitable zones’. Listen to the podcast at: http://www.cheapastro.com/podcasts/CA182_HabitableZones.mp3
Keep reading for more great highlights from the past week of space and astronomy news!
Here is a trio of great stories from Next Big Future. First, a summary of the Mars Flyby Architecture Study Report at: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/11/mars-flyby-architecture-study-report.html
Next up, Dennis Tito is trying to put together a Mars flyby mission. He would need to launch in late 2017 to take advantage of a rare alignment of the planets that would greatly shorten the trip, or maybe in 2021. Tito approached NASA with a request for a launch rocket, but the request was rejected. Read more at: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/11/nasa-is-unwilling-to-share-costs-of.html
The third article from Next Big Future in this week’s Carnival of Space is an educational short by Planetary Resources, Inc. on how prospecting and staking claims on asteroids will drive economic growth into the Solar System. Check it out at: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/11/planetary-resources-explains-how.html
The TARDIS
November 23 was 50th anniversary of the first DR WHO episode. The Doctor traveled via “Time and Relative Dimensions in Space” to many alien worlds. Research suggests that some humans may be able to comprehend Space and Time. Learn more at: http://riofriospacetime.blogspot.com/2013/11/who-is-50.html
Rounding out this week’s carnival is a report from the Meridiani Journal on an unusual oval pit near Galaxias Chaos on Mars. Check it out at: http://themeridianijournal.com/2013/11/unusual-oval-pit-near-galaxias-chaos-mars/
Update: There were a few late entries to this week’s carnival, so here they are, in no particular order:
NASA is panning to place a garden on the Moon. Learn more about this mission at: http://www.examiner.com/article/nasa-plans-to-plant-a-garden-on-the-moon
With NASA essentially saying “No” to Denni Tito’s “Inspiration Mars” mission, he may turn to Russia or China to help make he first human flybys of Mars and Venus a reality. Learn more at: http://voices.yahoo.com/as-nasa-balks-inspiration-mars-may-turn-russia-12420125.html?cat=15
Peter Lake covers the development of Comet Lovejoy R1 which has been unfairly over shadowed by the on again – off again hype over Comet ISON. Check it out at: http://aartscope.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/comet-c2013-r1-lovejoy.html
The Urban Astronomer tells us how astronomers are digging through historical Hubble images to track the individual proper motions of stars within a globular cluster. The results provide new data on distinct populations of stars within these clusters. Learn more at:
That’s it for this week’s Carnival of Space! Stay tuned for the next weekly showcase of articles written on the topic of space. If you have a science/space blog, joining the carnival is a good way to meet members of the space/science blogging community and help your site reach a wider audience.
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Source: http://www.dearastronomer.com/2013/11/carnival-of-space-329/
