Carnival of Space #653
Carnival of Space. Image by Jason Major.
Welcome to the 653rd Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit their best work each week for your benefit. We have a fantastic roundup today so now, on to this week’s worth of stories!
- Betelgeuse Is Brightening Again
- After a Challenging First Year on Mars, InSight Shows Us that Mars is Seismically Active
- Comet Y4 Atlas in Outburst: First Good Comet for 2020?
- A New Kind of Rocket that’s Lightweight and Easier to Construct: a Rotating Detonating Engine. Unfortunately, it’s Also Completely Unpredictable
- Solar Orbiter is Already Starting to Observe the Sun
Thank you for all of your stories – we’ll see you next week!
And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space. If you’ve got a space-related blog, you should really join the carnival. Just email an entry to susie@wshcrew.space, and the next host will link to it. It will help get awareness out there about your writing, help you meet others in the space community – and community is what blogging is all about. And if you really want to help out, sign up to be a host. Send an email to the above address.
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