Call us nerds, but we've been excitedly following the progress of the Curiosity rover ever since it made a dangerous landing on the surface of Mars on August 6th. And now comes this amazing footage of its descent courtesy of a camera mounted on the side of the rover itself. We're in geek heaven.
Parodies of the LMFAO hit 'Sexy And I Know It' were all the rage earlier this year. They fizzled out, as these things tend to. But now they're back -- thanks to the Mars Curiosity landing.
The internet has been having a lot of fun with the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. There were a whole bunch of memes. And, of course, there's mohawk guy Bobak Ferdowsi, who's successfully bridged the gap between geek and punk.
But the real fun is going to begin when we start to getting hold of more of the photos and videos Curiosity is going to beam back to earth.
The internet is blowing up today with news of NASA's rover Curiosity successfully fulfilling its mission to land on Mars. In doing so -- after it traveled hundreds of miles -- the device transmitted images back to Earth, giving us all a scoop on the Red Planet.
After an eight month journey, NASA's multi-billion dollar rover Curiosity made a successful landing on Mars early this morning. Mission controllers cheered after the six-wheeled, one-ton machine made a perilous seven-minute landing involving a parachute, rocket pack and sky crane.
As a way to promote its show 'Chasing UFOs' and potentially impress aliens with our highly-advanced Twitter technology, the National Geographic Channel will broadcast tweets into the deepest recesses of space this coming August.
If you need proof that the Disney brand is everywhere, look no further than this. NASA's Messenger probe photographed three craters on the surface of Mercury that look strikingly similar to Disney's beloved mascot Mickey Mouse.
The hotly anticipated sequel to the 'Angry Birds' franchise will take everyone's favorite ornery fowls to the depths of outer space. However, one NASA astronaut has already beaten them to the punch.
The comedy troupe Killing My Lobster has recreated the conversation between ground control and Major Tom which takes place in the classic David Bowie song, 'Space Oddity.' It turns out ground control was getting increasingly exasperated by Major Tom's odd behavior. (Video has some mildly NSFW language)
During long periods of isolation in outer space, boredom is no doubt a major problem. So how did one Japanese astronaut decide to pass the time? By playing a baseball game all by himself, of course.