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Carnival of Space #631

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Hey everybody, you’ve just found the 631st Carnival of Space! The carnival is a roving web-space which settles in a new host blog every week. It features the best space science and astronomy article from around the web. Each new host collects those articles and presents them for your entertainment. Universe Today Elliptical Galaxy Messier 110 Has a Surprising Core of Hot Blue Stars Venus Could Have Supported Life for Billions of Years Rosetta Saw Collapsing Cliffs and Other Changes … Continue reading →

Saturn’s Rings older than we thought

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One of the oldest mysteries in modern astronomy is the age of Saturn’s Rings. The Cassini mission seemed to have settled the question once and for all, but now a team of researchers have just claimed that things might not be so clear-cut. Cassini showed that the rings were mostly made up of clean ice particles. There wasn’t much of the dust and organic gunk you’d expect to accumulate over time. This meant that the rings couldn’t have been around … Continue reading →

Carnival of Space #627

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Welcome to the 627th Carnival of Space! The carnival is a celebration of all things related to astronomy and space science. It roams cyberspace, pitching its tents at a different website each week. “Come one, come all!” the carnival barkers cry, inviting you inside to read the latest new about our universe. And today, the carnival sets up here, at the home of the Urban Astronomer Podcast. So buy your overpriced snacks, take your seat on our splintery benches, settle … Continue reading →

Carnival of Space #623

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Welcome back to the 623rd Carnival of Space! As happens every week, the Carnival roams from website to blog, pitching its tent anew. And ever week, it brings you fresh articles on space science and astronomy. Articles written by some of the best and most exciting science writers the Internet has to offer! This week is a big one, with fully five different contributors. If you want to cut straight to the chase, then go ahead and skip down towards … Continue reading →

Interview with Dr Daniel Cunnama

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Welcome to the 3rd episode of the Urban Astronomer Podcast, season 2, featuring Dr Daniel Cunnama. We almost didn’t make it this week, thanks to a major technical hitch, but we worked around it and here we are. If you listened to the last episode, then you’re probably expecting this to be an interview episode, featuring Dr Rosalind Skelton of the South African Astronomical Observatory. I spoke to her in June last year and we recorded an interview specifically for … Continue reading →

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