Carnival of Space 82: Videotastic Edition

December 07, 2008

Welcome to the 82nd Carnival of Space -- the biggest, baddest round-up of the best space blogs on the Web!

I like to add a little extra sumthin' sumthin' to carnival when I host, so this week I spent a day putting together the first-ever video edition.

That being said, enjoy the video and be sure to peruse the full transcript with links after the jump...

Oh, are you a first-time Carnival of Space reader -- or should I say "watcher"? Give Fraser Cain of Universe Today a holler if you'd like to contribute and visit the archive of space carnivals.

Now for the transcript:

• Nancy Atkinson at Universe Today debunks the "wooden plank" on Mars.
  
• Pun master Phil Plait also chops up the Martian "wood" in a Bad Astronomy blog post.
  
• Ethan Siegel at Starts with a Bang! wonders: What's the biggest star in the universe?
  
• Stuart Atkinson of Cumbrian Sky gives us a four-part tour of NASA JPL.
  
• Mike Simonsen of Simostronomy describes the evolution of amateur astronomy in a "T-M diagram."
  
• And speaking of amateur astronomy, Astroblog's Ian Musgrave covers the Venus, Jupiter and moon conjunction.
  
• Todd Flowerday of Catholic Sensibility also blogs about the "frowny face" planetary conjunction.
  
• Alan Dyer at What's Up? Astronomy digs up news of the Canadian fireball chunks discovered in Saskatchewan.
  
• Cosmic Ray Villard wonders if planets around red dwarfs are habitable.
  
• Supernova Condensate's Markus Hammonds also asks if life could evolve around red dwarf stars.
  
• And Paul Gilster of Centauri Dreams wonders if the Earth could survive the sun turning into a red giant.
  
• Adam Crowl at the Crowlspace blog tackles a much dire scenario: what to do after the sun dies.
  
• Astroengine founder Ian O'Neill hammers out what the delay of the Mars Science Laboratory means.
  
• And speaking of expensive NASA projects, DJ at OrbitalHub breaks down the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.
  
• Lounge of the Lab Lemming's Chuck Magee shows where you can look for exoplanet-hiding stars in the sky.
  
• Chuck recommends a Systemic blog post on the death of all stars in the cosmos. Yikes!
  
• Jennifer Ouellette of Twisted Physics dissects the science out of the Day the Earth Stood Still remake.
  
• Ed Minchau shows off the Endeavour space shuttle's recent mission at Space Video of the Day.
  
• David Portree of Altar VI asks, "Where's my jetpack?"
  
• Brain Wang of Next Big Future gives you the skinny on microfusion.
  
• Out of the Cradle's Kenneth Murphy recaps the best additions to the Lunar Library for 2008.
  
• The Astroprof's Page gives you a lesson on the plural form of "spacecraft."
  
• Emily Lakdawalla cracks open some space beer at the Planetary Society blog.
  
• Paul Scott Anderson points out a new Scientific American article on Enceladus at the Meridiani Journal blog.
  
• Bruce Cordell of 21st Century Waves extracts what we can learn about our future in space from Antarctic exploration.
  
• Wayne Hall Jr. of Kentucky Space gives an update on the organization's KySat-1.
  
• Tim Neale breaks down the 9.9 billion euros in new ESA funding at the Tomorrow is Here blog.
  
• David Gamey tells you how to avoid "trashscopes" at Mang's Bat Page.
  
• Stuart Atkinson blogs about Monty Python's "Galaxy Song" at the Astronomy Blog.
  
• And finally at Space Disco, I feel better about science education after seeing my niece's spacey artwork.

Special thanks to Mindy Bloom, cinematographer extraordinaire, for her help filming my nerdy self!

Comments

[Dave Mosher]

Thanks to both Stus - I'm going to see if I can swap the audio on this bad boy.

[Stuart]

Great job Dave.

I have to agree with the other Stuart though, that wasn't him. :-)

[Adam]

Dave

Absolutely FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!

Thanks for mentioning my blog in such a cool way! I am utterly floored!

[Irene]

Really nice Dave. Thanks for sharing.

[gaetanomarano]

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if you want to read something rational but unconventional...

STOP the Hubble Servicing Mission 4 now!!! ... ghostnasa
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Space Solar Power hoax/illusion DEBUNKED ... ghostnasa
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Breaking News: IT RAINS ON MARS!!! ... ghostnasa
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Odyssey Moon WINS the Odyssey Moon Lunar X Prize ... ghostnasa
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The TRUE story of "Direct" ... ghostnasa
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Many Moons around the Earth ... ghostnasa
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.html

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[Nancy Atkinson]

You rock, Disco Dave! Thanks for leading off with UT!

[Stu]

GENIUS!!! Absolute genius!! Thanks for using my 'Cumbrian Sky' JPL Tour 4 parter, looking forward to reading readers' comments. I'll link to the Carnival asap. Good stuff! :-) ( That's not me blogging about "Galaxy Song" tho, that's a different Stuart.)

[Ian O'Neill]

Dave! That's awesome!! Loving the videotastic version! Forget the web, get on the TV and present :-)

Thanks for giving Astroengine's post a mention, muchly appreciated. Great job! Will be posting the vid on Astroengine too.

Cheers mate,

Ian