A strange beetle seems to rise from the mist of supernova remnant Puppis A in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Survey Explorer, or WISE, 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?
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