Have you overdosed on candy? Have the neighbour’s kids trashed your garden? Welcome to a small island of rationality that is the Carnival of Space 77 on Tomorrow is Here.

When it’s safe to venture outside again allow Amada Bauer to be your guide to the spooky skies of halloween or join Ian Musgrave as he looks out of his window.

For those who prefer their views of space to come via the internet, Will Gater provides a look at the fantastic live aurora webcam. Dave Mosher reviews BLAST!, a movie by Paul Devlin.

Meanwhile, Ed Minchau reminds us that modern mythology is every bit as scary as anything our ancestors came up with. A scene from the classic film Star Trek 2: the Wrath of Kahn.. Revenge is a dish best served cold…. and it is very cold in space.

Some questions explored this week; Emily Lakdawalla asks Why is only half of Mars magnetized? and Bruce Cordell asks whether the U.S. will remain a Gulliver or become a Lilliputian in space.

For future space missions, Wayne Hall tells us that KySat-1 has been selected for launch and DJ looks at Herschel, Planck's Big Brother. Whilst Darnell Clayton explores even further into the future with a look at Melting Asteroid Metals With Martian Sunlight.

Alexander DeClama quotes Seneca, "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Then brings us the somewhat dispiriting news that the Japanese probe Selene has tempered hope for large ice fields at the Moon's polar regions.

Philip Plait defends Sagan then Galileo against the forces of the endarkenment. Ethan Siegel reenters his excellent post describing the biggest things in the Universe all the way down to the smallest. Yoo Chung Points out that technically there is sound in space.

Finally there is my contribution to this weeks carnival a look at Richard Garriott's visit to the ISS.

Huge apologies to Ian O'Neill for missing his article on the top 5 items to pack for a one-way mission to Mars and Paul Gilster's very thought provoking article on the motivations of extraterrestrial civilizations that might build interstellar beacons.

Late additions two articles from Ryan Anderson on the The Science of Chandrayaan. The Space Cynics focus on Space Solar Power. Finally (maybe) Stuart Atkinson charts the final days of the Mars Phoenix Lander. Thanks for the picture Stuart.

Bye for now have a good read, and a spooky Halloween - Bwawhahahahahahhaha!!

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