Cassini takes home video of Saturn’s aurora
Cassini keeps amazing me, even when I start to think I’m getting used to incredible images beamed back from Saturn. But this is new: it took several images of Saturn’s aurora, and strung them together to make a video! Here’s a still frame: The

Scale the solar system
Speaking of web pages showing scale (OK, it was almost two weeks ago, but still cool), BABloggee Mike Sperry reminded me of this site which shows the solar system to scale… all on one web page! The Sun is displayed when you go to the page, and you can scroll to the right to see the planets, drawn in scale both in size and distance. The Sun is about 560 pixels wide, putting Pluto something like 2 million pixels to the right. And some people wonder why it’ll take

HALlons-y
I typically don’t like most mashups, but this one was pretty good… especially the last two minutes, which are brilliant! Warning: for major Doctor Who nerds only. Tip o’ the sonic screwdriver to the Behind the Sofa blog.

Police camera catches Utah fireball
Just a quick followup on the fireball seen over Colorado and Utah last week: more video is being dug up, including ths phenomenal one from a dash-mounted police car camera: Wow! I wonder what people not familiar with the night sky thought of this? Tip o’ the Whipple Shield to The Grand Junction Sentinel.

Carnival of Space 130
The 130th Carnival of Space blog roundup is being hosted by the Chandra blog. Yes, that Chandra. So go there and put your tax dollars to work.