That Time The Pope Accidentally Exorcised Someone Leads The Daily Links
Plus Mindy Kaling’s revolutionary kissing invention, a 3D printer that makes pizza, and the definitive Ann Veal Arrested Development supercut.
Plus Mindy Kaling’s revolutionary kissing invention, a 3D printer that makes pizza, and the definitive Ann Veal Arrested Development supercut.
Monday’s Oklahoma tornado that rocked the city of Moore was captured by NASA and NOAA satellites. At least 24 people lost their life, including nine children in the storm.
Crew members Chris Hadfield, Tom Marshburn, and Roman Romanenko landed their Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan Monday after spending 144 days in space aboard the International Space Station.
Just when we thought Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield was done providing the world with videos from the International Space Station he gives us one last masterpiece. Chris leaves the ISS tomorrow after nearly five months in space.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up images of a hurricane swirling around Saturn’s north pole. The hurricane’s eye is about 1,250 miles wide, NASA says.
In case you forgot, astronauts are the best. Each crew that voyages to the International Space Station gets their own poster, and more than one crew used the opportunity to star in an epic pop culture remake. (via flavorwire.com)
On another world, man-made objects are being buffeted by alien weather patterns. That’s pretty damn amazing.
So. Trippy.
That globe of hot plasma could swallow the Earth whole. No big deal.
Bobak Ferdowsi went from the control room of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to the U.S. Capitol, a guest of the First Lady at the State of the Union.
A cover for something else? “It’s sort of like, that’s really great, you’re like 70 years behind the curve here, but you’re trying.”
The Iranian government announced on Monday that they had successfully launched a monkey into space. The monkey has now safely returned to Earth. None of this, however, has been independently verified.
The Red Planet is giving up her secrets at an alarming rate. Scientists at the European Space Agency recently showed off the latest evidence that Mars was once very Earthlike.
Because no one wants to accidentally lodge your runaway nails in their nasal cavity. Every day tasks become a challenge in zero gravity.
Including two never before seen images. Commander Chris Hadfield has been taking some stunning photos from the International Space Station. The photos from the ground are devastating.
The red planet is shockingly pale underneath all that dust. Identity crisis!
Many lives were lost while humanity endeavored to reach the stars. This memorial was placed on the surface of the moon in their memory.
Life signs detected.
It’s strange to see the Red Planet as a Blue Marble. Continents and seas take shape, familiar and yet alien.
The universe is beautiful and terrifying.
For the season, a Christmas Carol to the Earth. Jewel in the Night is an original song written by astronaut Chris Hadfield and was recorded on the ISS on Dec. 23, 2012.
Revenge of the nerds? Maybe not.
That is one fine looking gas giant. Using filters for the infrared, red, and violet spectrums, the mosaic was taken from a mere 500,000 miles away.
No official word on the where the inspiration came from, but it’s pretty clear to us.
Earth’s relationship status is set to “Complicated.” Forty years ago today, man left the moon’s surface for the last time.
Uhh…yeah.
Composite photos from a NASA satellite show nighttime lights scattered across the inky black orb we call home. Released today, and photographed between April and October of 2012, this pictorial version of Earth has been dubbed the “Black Marble.”
If you like sunglasses, digital cameras, and out-of-season fruit, thank NASA. Giving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration more of the budget pie is in the best interest of everyone.
Solar system’s edge to Voyager 1: “Surprise!”