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Oh Hello, Saturn, You Look So Makey-Outy Today

This is a unique image of Saturn in natural color, exactly what you would have seen if you were riding the Cassini spacecraft—wearing your cowboy hat, knitted astronaut sweater, and Star Trek underpants—on November 4 2009. The image—released last week—was created by combining three exposures using red, green, and blue spectral filters, which results in…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Gigantic Lego Star Wars Rebel Frigate Is 4 Feet 6 Inches of Brickgasm

I remember spending countless hours playing Lucasarts’ X-Wing in college, painfully defending these Rebel frigates against TIE Fighters. Then I got TIE Fighter, and enjoyed destroying them. I wouldn’t have the heart to reduce to bricks the enormous Nebulon-B. The Lego version of the classic Nebulon-B Class rebel frigate Redemption is 4 feet and 6…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

The holiday hangover days between Christmas and New Year’s are sort of the year’s remainders to begin with, so it’s a perfectly appropriate time to check out these remainders: Google phones, space probes, misspellings, and one serious party popper. Google Phone On Wheels You can count on Engadget to watch the FCC website like a…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert

Scientists Find an Antibody Which Hunts and Kills Prostate Cancer

Researchers have discovered an antibody which, when injected into mice, will bond with prostate cancer tissue and “initiate direct cell death” in it. If results carry over to humans, this discovery would almost be a cure to prostate cancer. I say that it would almost be a cure for that particular type of cancer, because…

Health Rosa Golijan

This New Year’s Eve Brings the Rarest Blue Moon of All

Magical things happen once upon a blue Moon. And this Thursday we get a chance to find out just what those magical things as we watch the rare lunar event coincide with all the beautiful fireworks of New Year’s Eve. Blue Moon is the term applied to the second full Moon in a calendar month.…

Space & Spaceflight Rosa Golijan

Star Wars Like You Have Never Seen Them Before

This photo shows the power of image post-processing. It also shows that we are a tiny speck of nothingness in the middle of a fiery cosmic fluff. Enjoy the famous M51 galaxy, like you have never seen it before. https://gizmodo.com/voyager-unveils-the-mystery-of-the-interstellar-fluff-f-5433815 Click on the image to see it in high definition. Scientists have digitally reprocessed data…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Slo Mo Duck’s Corkscrew Penis Showcases the Majesty of Nature

Here is a slow-mo video of a scientist making a duck have sex with corkscrew-shaped beakers. It is one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen. Merry Christmas! You’re going to want to check out Carl Zimmer’s full article about what exactly is going on here. Essentially, evolution has caused duck penises and duck vaginas…

Biology Adam Frucci

First Space-Based Sushi Construction Expedition Underway

“Rolling sushi in space” is one small step away from “measuring the effects of weightlessness on tiny screws.” You go get ’em, astronauts. Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi just launched from Baikonur Space Center, and is looking forward to being the first person to roll sushi in microgravity. Actual quote: Noguchi is bringing the raw materials…

Space & Spaceflight Dan Nosowitz

Voyager Unveils the Mystery of the Interstellar Fluff from Hell

For years, astronomers have been puzzled by the fact that our solar system is crossing a cloud of interstellar hell. One that shouldn’t be there at all. Intergalactic plot to keep us isolated or cosmic event? Voyager got the answer. Using data from Voyager, we have discovered a strong magnetic field just outside the solar…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

The Nutcracker Dance of the Saturn Moons

Nothing is more Christmasy to me than the Nutcracker. OK, and Christmas pudding. Sooooo—nothing is more Christmasy than the Nutcracker and Christmas pudding—and probably eggnog. Maybe Christmas carols too. OK. Nutcracker, Christmas pudding, eggnog, carols, and Saturn’s moons. In space, nobody can see you dancing classical ballet while eating Christmas pudding dunked in eggnog while…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Here’s the Final Space Shuttle Mission Patch

The shuttle is retiring next year and, according to NASA, the remaining five flights may be the most difficult ever flown. That’s why they created this contest for the final space shuttle patch. One of these will be the winner: https://gizmodo.com/space-shuttle-final-flight-programmed-may-31-2010-5023085 Among other activities, they organized the final mission patch contest to make NASA employees…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

In Space, Even Sharp’s Solar Cells Can Generate Energy

Sharp’s made no secret of its interest in solar cell technology, but finally they’ve shown off the fruit of their efforts, the first solar cell capable of surviving in space. https://gizmodo.com/sharp-to-step-up-investment-in-solar-cell-technology-318699 As they’re actually flexible, they’ll be perfect for covering satellites and other space-bound objects, and are even able to be folded around tight corners.…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

You Mess With Nature, Nature Will Mess With You Right Back

Here is a photo of a videographer getting taken down by an eagle. This is basically the plot of Avatar completely summed up, made for considerably less than $250 million. [Reddit via The Daily What] https://gizmodo.com/avatar-review-yes-it-changed-everything-after-all-5429424

Biology Adam Frucci

10 Technologies to Thrust Us Through Deep Space

The Universe is big. Really, really big. And for Man to survive to see any stretch of it, He need move much faster. New Scientist has a rundown of 10 technologies of various promise. Brush up, nerds. [New Scientist]

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

NASA’s Space Camera of Choice: The Nikon D3s DSLR

Space: The final frontier—for Nikon, anyway. The camera company’s relationship with NASA has just got steamier, as they’re supplying 11 D3s DSLRs and seven AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses for their space photography. It’s not the first time they’ve worked together, with the Nikon Photomic FTN actually used on Apollo 15 back in 1971,…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth

See that shiny thing? That’s a lake. But it’s nowhere in Earth. It’s in Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, 80% more massive than Earth’s moon, and the only satellite with a dense atmosphere. According to Bob Pappalardo, from NASA: This one image communicates so much about Titan – thick atmosphere, surface lakes and an…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Prepare to Have Your Brain Exploded by This Known Universe Video

The Known Universe is a new video from NYC’s Hayden Planetarium. It slowly zooms out from the mountains of Tibet to the realms of the observable universe and beyond. Man, we are fucking nothing. [Kottke]

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

The Physics of Space Battles

Joseph Shoer is a Ph.D. candidate in aerospace engineering, studying how modular spacecraft could be assembled, and hoping that they will be the telescopes and human exploration vehicles of the future, and not for crushing the dreams of Martian colonists. I had a discussion recently with friends about the various depictions of space combat in…

Space & Spaceflight Joseph Shoer

Unbelievable Hubble Shot Captures the Biggest “Star Nursery” Nearby

This absolutely gorgeous shot is the most detailed ever taken of what HubbleSite describes as the “largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood.” Get ready to pick your jaw up off your lap. In the words of experts who understand more about this stuff than “OMG so pretty!”: The massive, young stellar grouping, called…

Space & Spaceflight Dan Nosowitz

Lightweight Wheelchair Designed For Man With One Limb

I can’t even imagine what it’s like to lose one limb, let along three, but it’s reassuring to know that at least there’s a wheelchair out there that’s suitable for those in a similar situation to Bryan Anderson. UPDATE As a soldier in Iraq, he lost both legs and his left hand, making it difficult…

Health Kat Hannaford

Oh Hello, Saturn, You Look So Makey-Outy Today

Gigantic Lego Star Wars Rebel Frigate Is 4 Feet 6 Inches of Brickgasm

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Scientists Find an Antibody Which Hunts and Kills Prostate Cancer

This New Year’s Eve Brings the Rarest Blue Moon of All

Star Wars Like You Have Never Seen Them Before

Slo Mo Duck’s Corkscrew Penis Showcases the Majesty of Nature

First Space-Based Sushi Construction Expedition Underway

Voyager Unveils the Mystery of the Interstellar Fluff from Hell

The Nutcracker Dance of the Saturn Moons

Here’s the Final Space Shuttle Mission Patch

In Space, Even Sharp’s Solar Cells Can Generate Energy

You Mess With Nature, Nature Will Mess With You Right Back

10 Technologies to Thrust Us Through Deep Space

NASA’s Space Camera of Choice: The Nikon D3s DSLR

The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth

Prepare to Have Your Brain Exploded by This Known Universe Video

The Physics of Space Battles

Unbelievable Hubble Shot Captures the Biggest “Star Nursery” Nearby

Lightweight Wheelchair Designed For Man With One Limb

The Secret to Better Sperm? It’s Probably Already on Your Schedule

Lego Is Leaning Into Your Marvel Memories With a New Helicarrier Set

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Repair Workers Accidentally Stumble Upon Lost Remains of Legendary ‘Fourth Musketeer’

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Darth Maul’s Legs, Ranked

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