Carnival of Space #46

Riding with Robots is hosting the latest space carnival, the week's roundup of what's new on space blogs...Planetary Radio this week features Alfred McEwen on the polar avalanches witnessed by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...

Amir Alexander has explained how the recent discovery of methane in an exoplanet's atmosphere may point the way to the detection of life...

Check out the statement we submitted to the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee on NASA's proposed 2009 budget...

Finally, two calendar notes: Planetfest 2008 will take place on one day only, May 25, when Phoenix lands; so buy your tickets! And if you'll be in Boston on March 29, you can join Bill Nye for a Town Hall Meeting on Space.