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Carnival of Space #648 – BrownSpaceman

BrownSpaceman hosts the latest Carnival of Space.

Betelgeuse, a red giant. Image via Universe Today & Carnival of Space

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Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships: The History of High-power Rocketry’s Ascent to the Edges of Outer Space

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Carnivals of Space #645 & 646 – Universe Today & NextBigFuture.com

Universe Today hosts Carnival of Space #645.  And NextBigFuture.com hosts Carnival of Space #646.

“A composite infrared image of the core of the Milky Way galaxy. The image is 600 light years across. Blue and green (25 and 36 microns) is from SOFIA’s FORCAST instrument, red (70 microns) is from the Herschel Space Observatory, and white (8 microns) is from the Spitzer space telescope.” Image Credit: NASA/SOFIA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/Herschel. Via Universe Today and Carnival of Space #646

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The Planet Factory:
Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth

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Carnivals of Space #642-644 – NextBigFuture, Urban Astronomer & BrownSpaceMan

Catching up on the latest Carnivals:

“Ring of Fire” solar eclipse on Dec. 26, 2019. Image via Carnival of Space #644 and Universe Today.

 

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The Planet Factory:
Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth

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Carnival of Space #640 & 641 – Everyday Spacer & Citizen Science

The Everyday Spacer Blog hosts Carnival of Space #640.  And Citizen Science hosts Carnival of Space #641.

New observations find that NGC 6240 contains three supermassive black holes following the collision of three galaxies. W. Kollatschny et al. Via Carnival of Space.

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Brief Answers to the Big Questions – Stephen Hawking

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Carnival of Space #639 – Urban Astronomer

Urban Astronomer hosts the latest Carnival of Space.

“The first global geologic map of Titan is based on radar and visible-light images from NASA’s Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017. Labels point to several of the named surface features. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU [Click to enlarge]“. Via Universe Today and Carnival of Space