Hi everybody, welcome to the 574th Carnival of Space! As usual we have a great selection of space science and astronomy articles from leading sources around the web, so if that’s what you’re here for you can scroll down and get started. Regular visitors to Urban Astronomer are probably wondering when the latest podcast episode will be landing. I can only offer my apologies and a promise that it will be available in the next 24 hours. I’m currently on … Continue reading →
Every few weeks, we at Urban Astronomer play host to the venerable Carnival of Space. The carnival is a roving feature, skipping from website to website, town to town, each week highlighting some of the best and most current writing on space science and astronomy. This week’s Carnival is a short one, though, with only one contributor! A small update deserves a small introduction, so let’s cut to the chase: The Hill How the flight of Apollo 11 won the … Continue reading →
Welcome to the 31st episode of the Urban Astronomer Podcast. This episode features an interview with Clem Unger, an ambassador for the OSIRIS-REx mission who lives in Australia. This is followed by the next part of our series on the evolution of stars, taking us one step closer on our journey to seeing where supernovae come from. Clem Unger A few weeks back, I spoke to Clem Unger, who lives in Australia and serves in his spare time in the … Continue reading →
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It’s a new week, we’re dead in the middle of Southern Hemisphere winter, so let’s settle in for the 569th Carnival of Space! Every week, writers and journalists who write about space science and astronomy send their most recent work to the Carnival of Space, and each week a new publisher hosts the carnival to show off their work. This week we have seven articles from three sources, which you’ll find listed below. If you’d like to contribute to the … Continue reading →
Welcome to the 565th Carnival of Space! Yet again, the carnival grinds into town, returning to us as the scheduled hosts for this week’s display of space science and astronomy! Universe Today Engineers Propose a Rocket that Consumes Itself as it Flies to Space Language in the Cosmos I: Is Universal Grammar Really Universal? Pluto has “Sand Dunes”, but Instead of Sand, it’s Grains of Frozen Methane Chandra X-ray Observatory Astronomers Spot a Distant and Lonely Neutron Star Two … Continue reading →
