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NASA Uses a Laser to Sends the Mona Lisa to the Moon Because SCIENCE!

by Susana Polo | 4:34 pm, January 18th, 2013

No, Dean from The Iron Giant. Not because, ART, because SCIENCE. NASA recently tested out a system of transmitting data by laser beam to their satellite currently orbiting the Moon, an experiment that gathered vital information on the interference of Earth’s atmosphere and its effect on the fidelity of such communications. But they couldn’t just send any old thing to the moon, no. They sent the Mona Lisa. Explanatory video below:

NASA Releases an Image Tracking the Curiosity Rover’s Movements on Mars; Somehow the TARDIS is Nowhere in Sight

by Rebecca Pahle | 4:35 pm, January 17th, 2013

The uncropped version of this image showing the Rover’s movements on Mars is here; you can see the whole thing in all its high-res glory at Wired.

The TARDIS is just way too small to show up. Yeah, I’m sure that’s why it’s not on there.

(via: Wired)

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Things We Saw Today: X-Wing Book Sculpture

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:00 pm, January 11th, 2013

By Jodi Harvey-Brown, who made those awesome book sculptures we featured about a month back. I almost gave myself a headache trying to figure out whether she used books from Aaron Allston and Michael Stackpole‘s X-Wing series for this. (via blastr)

Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy Narrates NASA Asteroid Video

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:43 pm, January 7th, 2013

I’m convinced having Leonard Nimoy doing voiceovers for space videos is the only way to go. Here he is now narrating a video about NASA’s Dawn mission. It’s goal is to study two of our universe’s largest aesteroids – Ceres and Vesta (though the Doctor Who fan in me keeps seeing Vastra instead of Vesta). Enjoy the dulcet tones of Nimoy as you travel into the beyond…

(via io9)

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Things We Saw Today: Doctor Who Gallifreyan Collar

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:30 pm, January 1st, 2013

The Gallifreyan writing on this Doctor Who collar tells about the discovery of the Time Vortex. This particular piece has already been sold (sorry), but Etsy seller TimeMachineJewelry has other Doctor Who items available on their shop. (via Fashionably Geek)

The Discovery of a Bacterium Able to Survive on Mars Can’t End Well for Human-Martian Relations

by Rebecca Pahle | 1:58 pm, December 26th, 2012

Darnit, NASA. Humanity hasn’t even stepped foot on Mars yet, and already we might be contaminating the place with our pesky Earthling microbes.

NASA Astronauts Are Starting To Look Like Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:22 pm, December 20th, 2012

NASA did have an astronaut named Buzz so maybe this new spacesuit is more appropriate than we thought. You’re looking at the Z-1 Prototype Spacesuit and Portable Life Support System 2.0, aka a real space suit that looks a lot like Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear. THR writes, “And this isn’t the only Buzz Lightyear/NASA crossover: Disney and NASA have joined forces to develop hands-on educational activities and exhibits centered around the character’s fictional voyage to, and 450 days spent living inside, the International Space Station.”

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

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Hey, Everyone! NASA Found Water On M…ercury

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:35 pm, November 30th, 2012

Look, last week NASA got everyone excited when they said they might have found something “earthshaking” on Mars. Then they gave a press conference and told us they found ice…on Mercury. I hereby direct NASA to the above comic strip for all future announcements.

(Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal via The Hight Definite)

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