Carnival of Space #145

The 145thhththth Carnival of Space is up now at Crowlspace! Lots of fun space and astronomy blog posts, and, for a first, it may be slightly NSFW (thanks to Amanda, who is saucier than I knew!).

March 16th, 2010 5:00 PM Tags: Carnival of Space
by Phil Plait in Astronomy, Space | 5 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

5 Responses to “Carnival of Space #145”

1. Larian LeQuella Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 6:05 pm

Okay, that was FUNNY! Sort of reminds me a little of your appearance in SMBC!
2. dan satterfield Says:
March 17th, 2010 at 2:01 am

Off subject but Phil have you seen this:
http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1010/eso1010.pdf

Incredible analysis of the structure and dynamics of the Great Red Spot using Vis/IR imagery from various sources.

Dan
3. amanda Says:
March 17th, 2010 at 4:21 am

phil – you have no idea

by the way, i’m now accepting suggestions for ‘dirty space news – part 2′! let me know see what you’ve got!
4. Pi-needles Says:
March 17th, 2010 at 9:53 am

@3. amanda Says:

… by the way, i’m now accepting suggestions for ‘dirty space news – part 2′! let me know see what you’ve got!

Do the dust lanes in some spiral galaxies count as dirty?

Cone “Knobula” – LOL!
5. jcm Says:
March 17th, 2010 at 1:29 pm

… it may be slightly NSFW…

But you can claim that is just pareidolia.

Then, again, you gotta do what you gotta do to get people’s attention.

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