It's time for weekly space-links of astronomy and planetary science stories that we didn't cover on Space this week.
- New mineral Kuratite confirmed in a 1979 meteorite
- The fluid dynamics of a supernova type II core collapse is gorgeous.
- Anniversary of the first test flight for the Avro Arrow, Canada's big hope and crushing disappointment for a jet interceptor.
- A neat writeup on an aspect of the history of geometry and fractals.
- Diffraction! Cool analogy in this explainer on nautil.us
- Binary star systems might have better odds of habitable moons.
- XKCD looked at dropping tungsten countertops into the sun.
- 50th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake and tsunami.
- Interview about passing the time while minding telescopes in Antarctica.
Image Credit: Photograph by Rick Whitacre capturing an aurora, the Milky Way, a meteorite, and a laser all at the same time. That is a lot of beautiful astronomy for one image! Used with permission; thank you, Rick!
DISCUSSION
Re: Good Friday Earthquake. Thanks for this. My father was CO of one of the first ships to arrive in the Aleutians to provide power and water. In Puget Sound we stood on the bluffs and watched the water rise, like a tub being filled just a little more than usual.