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Welcome to the 553rd Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit their best work each week for your benefit. So now, on to this week’s stories!

First up, a roundup of stories from Universe Today. To kick it off, Fraser Cain has a great Interview With Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon, Authors of Chasing New Horizons.

Then, Matt tells us how there is Evidence for Thousands of Black Holes Buzzing Around the Center of the Milky Way.

Finally, Matt asks about how The Future of Our Sun is Still a Bit of a Puzzle. What Will Happen When it Dies?

Next, we head over to The Hill for the details on the NASA drone headed for Mars

After that, we head over to Blasting News to hear about how NASA plans to fly a helicopter on Mars.

We also hear about Why ‘The Right Stuff’ is Tom Wolfe’s greatest book!

And finally we end up at The Daily Caller, hearing about how Lamar Smith Causes Cognitive Dissonance By Getting NASA Back Into SETI.

Thank you for all of your stories – we’ll see you next week!

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