Carnival of Space No 407
Welcome to Carnival of Space, Issue number 407. This Memorial Day edition is dedicated to everyone who served in their military, especially recognizing those who gave their lives in the defense of their nation. Our gratitude is with you all.
We start off this week’s Carnival with an article written in Spanish over at Vega 0.0. Goog Translate is a great tool for anyone who is a non-Spanish reader.
Stereo Moons continues with the Pluto theme, in English this time, discussing the upcoming encounter.
Dr Paul Schenk writes about the upcoming Pluto encounter.
The Huffington Post has an article on the #girlswithtoys sensation.
Next up the website of the Chandra X-Ray Telescope continues the mem theme with their article on #girlswithtoys. The follow that up with a second article about astronomy in Puerto Rico.
Light: Beyond the Bulb at Puerto Rico
The Meridian Journal also has a pair of articles this week. The first an investigation into the discovery of possible sea salt on Europa. The second looks at the Northrop Gruman developed airplane designed to fly the skies of Venus.
Dark material in fractures on Europa’s surface is sea salt, new research suggests
Flying (mostly) friendly skies: Northrop Grumman developing airplane to cruise atmosphere of Venus
Moving a bit farther out in the solar system we have a pair of articles on Mars. First up is Andrew Fraknoi: Exploring the Universe blog with a great little article on rock spires on Mars.
Staying with Mars, Universe Today has an article on the cool things the Opportunity rover team is doing.
Opportunity Rover Team Honors Pioneering Lindbergh Flight at Mars Mountaintop Crater
We conclude this week’s edition of Memorial Day reading with an article on astrophotography from The Urban Astronomer.
That’s all for this week. Tune in next time for Episode 408 of the Carnival of Space
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