The 131rd Carnival of Space is scurrying around at Starry Critters. Lots of great astronomy and space posts are all collected there all in one spot for your cosmic enjoyment. Go look!
Topics: Astronomy, Space

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Last year, the Cassini spacecraft found solid (haha) evidence for the existence of lakes of liquid methane and ethane on the giant moon Titan. Of course, Titan is barely a moon at all — bigger than Mercury, it would be a planet in its own right if..
Topics: Astronomy, ethane, lakes, methane, Saturn, titan

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Regular readers know of the man love I have for Zach Weiner, who pens the web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. It frequently features great skeptical material, and this new one is a great example:Click to see the punch line. He’s exactly...
Topics: Humor, Skepticism, SMBC, Zach Weiner

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[This is my Thanksgiving post from 2008. I've made some minor edits, but I still truly feel this way.]Today in the United States is the holiday of Thanksgiving, one of our more deeply tradition-laden days. I suspect most people in other countries...
Topics: belief, Piece of mind, Thanksgiving

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Looking for something to watch on Thanksgiving you’re sick of football? Check out this fantastically well-made video of the STS-129 Atlantis Shuttle launch. Do yourself three favors: I’ve embedded the video below, but go to the original...
Topics: Atlantis, Cool stuff, NASA, Shuttle, Space

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