Welcome to the 649th 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. We have a fantastic roundup today, so now, on to this week’s worth of stories!

Universe Today:

• The Brightest Supernova Ever Seen was Caused by a White Dwarf Spiraling into a Massive Star
• ESA is Going to Test Two Rovers Working Together to Explore the Moon
• The Apollo 1 Fire: Excerpt from “Eight Years to the Moon”
• Stalking Starlink’s ‘DarkSat’
• China Releases New Pictures From the Surface of the Moon

The Hill:

• The death of the Challenger and the birth of commercial space

Daily Caller:

• House NASA Bill Cancelling Lunar Base Makes No Sense – Even To Go To Mars

Chandra Blog:

• Stellar Explosions and Jets Showcased in New Three Dimensional Visualizations

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

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