[BLOG] Some Monday links

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares images of galaxy M61.
• Centauri Dreams looks at a proposal for the Solar Cruiser probe, a NASA probe that would use a solar sail.
• D-Brief notes the discovery of bacteria on coasts which manufacture dimethyl sulfide.
• Bruce Dorminey writes about some facts about the NASA X-15 rocket plane.
• The Dragon’s Tales reports on the strange nuclear accident in Nyonoksa, Russia.
• JSTOR Daily reports on the recent uncovering of the ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion, under the Mediterranean.
• Language Hat looks at 19th century standards on ancient Greek language.
• Language Log notes an ironically swapped newspaper article subhead.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the role of Tom Cotton in the recent Greenland scandal.
• Marginal Revolution glances at the relationship between China and Singapore.
• The NYR Daily looks at how the car ride played a role in the writing of Jacques Lacan.
• The Russian Demographics Blog shares an index on state fragility around the world.
• Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel explains why Jupiter suffers so many impacts from incoming bodies.
• John Scalzi at Whatever reports on what seems to have been an enjoyable concert experience with Iron Maiden.
• Window on Eurasia reports a claim that, with regards to a border dispute, Chechnya is much more unified than Dagestan.