Carnival of Space #221
http://beyondapollo.blogspot.com/2011/10/expanded-robotic-program-1963.html
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We'll take a trip back in time with Beyond Apollo, 
as NASA tries to shift gears after Apollo to 
more science programs by increasing unmanned
mission
Universe Today reports that the Galaxy Zoo team has provided an update to the community regarding their findings on the ‘Violin Clef’ quadruple galaxy merger
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http://www.universetoday.com/90240/galaxy-zoo-reveals-curious-violin-clef-quadruple-galaxy-merger/
In a stunning discovery, Red dwarf stars are 80% of all main sequence stars and recent work suggests that their habitable zone is 30% larger than previously thought.
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/10/suppression-of-water-ice-and-snow.html
The James Webb Space Telescope is facing possible cancelation due to the increasing cost of the project. But according to Matt Mountain and John Grunsfeld of the Space Telescope Science Institute, the telescope will provide an invaluable view of Earth-like worlds.
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/10/james-webb-space-telescope-will-see.html
The Royal Society has opened up its vast archive of scientific 
papers to the public. I've been having a look at what was being
 published in 1785
http://weareallinthegutter.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/dipping-into-the-royal-societys-archive/
Weirdwarp brings you an article about how recycling in space is not that far away. United States Department of defence says it is trying to find ways to recycle the space junk that is at thousands of miles above the Earth. There is some valuable junk up there and it could produce lots of valuable new satellite parts.
http://www.weirdwarp.com/2011/10/space-recycling-could-be-near/
 Chandra's blog explores the  Oldest Recorded Supernova 
and the collision of two galaxies     
http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/320
http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/318
Getting a feel for the scale of the solar system, by car.

http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2011/10/scale-of-solar-system-by-car.html
Cheap Astronomy answers some 
astronomy questions from a second year 
class in the UK (podcast).
http://www.cheapastro.com/podcasts/CA128_QuestionsFromClass2R.mp3
StarryCritters helps you explore how gravity sculpts
 time and space into an arc in this recently released image 
from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of LRG-4-606. 
http://www.starrycritters.com/gravitys-sculpture/
We go aboard the Shuttle Access Arm and White Room, where astronauts donned helmets and entered the spacecraft.
http://riofriospacetime.blogspot.com/2011/10/white-room.html
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