A translucent leg kicks out at an orange ball in this combined image of merging galaxy cluster Abell 520 from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Canada-France Hawaii Telescope.
An angelfish floats in the constellation of Hydra in this image of spiral galaxy NGC 4980 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Welcome back to episode #241 of the Carnival of Space; the source for the latest space news from various blogs from the past week. Step right up for the latest ride around the carnival.
Asteroids: they’re big, scary and can kill millions. Nuclear weapons: they’re big, scary and can kill millions. Ian O’Neill of Discovery News asks wouldn’t it make sense to unite the two?
By The Riviera Times
By CritterKeeper
By Sarah Q. Brett