This week’s news brings us a look at the Mars One Rejects:

Consolation Prize? The chance to live a normal life-span, assuming Mars One gets off the ground.

In case you missed it, Jason Momoa’s Aquaman image has been released online. He looks pretty good– but we’re still left wondering whether the Batman / Superman / Justice League Start-up Movie will fly or be a grounded, cluttered mess.

Meanwhile, Batman apparently kills someone, and a mysterious and possibly sinister feat of engineering has been uncovered in…

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It’s all in the name:

Check out NASA’s photos from Expedition 42.

The Future of Warfare:

As their conflict with Russia continues, the Ukrainian Army brings in 3-D Printed Drones

Below, we have this Week’s Con and Cosplay video, and one disturbing extra….

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We haven’t run Newspace for awhile, so we have a broad range of items for you….

SpaceX experienced a bit of a setback recently–

–but they have big plans for their internet satellite program. They even want to use the profits of this venture to help colonize Mars.

Below: The Toy Avengers Helicarrier, Anime Con Trivia, Bill Gates gets wasted, and more!

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Welcome to 2015! Enjoy some accounts of the year’s top science stories, according to: Wired, Phys.org, Discovery, and The Guardian. And this Saturday, you can check out the year’s first meteor shower!

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From the bottom of the sea to the top of your Christmas list!

Space tools by e-mail, cosplay, Santa, and Dr. Evil, too!

(Sorry to use one of the many inferior reposts at Youtube, but the official video is only available in the USA).

Marvel vs DC:

Check out this awesome fan-made trailer!

Space, science, Santa, and more, below:

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The news on earth doesn’t always reflect a spirit of good will, so let’s get all about the space with some Nasa Interns:

And on Mars, Curiosity detects Martian methane burps that could be signs of living organisms. Even if they’re not, we’ve discovered something new on Mars.

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Orion takes off:

Orion splashes down:

Mars awaits!

And New Horizons awakes near Pluto.

Meanwhile, here on earth….

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The Sublime

Erik Wernquist’s extraordinary film about humanity spreading through or solar system, accompanied by the words of the late, great Carl Sagan

Wanderers – a short film by Erik Wernquist from Erik Wernquist on Vimeo.

The Ridiculous

A fanmade Special Edition of the new Star Wars Teaser Trailer:

The Nerdy

Click for Nerdy commentary, Con video, and Superman in Space!

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It’s the small things…

Two new subatomic particles, Xi_b’- and Xi_b*-, have been detected at the CERN Large Hardon Collider….

While Philae detects organic molecules on its comet.

Space Race ’14

A British-led consortium plans to land a probe on the moon’s south pole and examine its suitability for a moonbase—and they have a Kickstarter.

The Russians, meanwhile, have launched something into space.

Can synesthesia be learned? And will it boost intelligence?

Even if this doesn’t turn out to be the case, I love this University of Sussex study for making those headlines possible.

And (as always) Fen continue to be Fen

Cosplay and musical performance from recent Cons. below:

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We’re likely all aware of the crash last week of Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Two. Questions remain regarding the accident itself, the financial fallout, and a pilot’s surprising survival.

It’s not the only science-related story touched with tragedy. This week, ground breaks on a proposed temple to species lost in the last 500 years.

In fannish news, meanwhile, SyFy plans to adapt Arthur C. Clarke’s 3001: The Final Odyssey into a miniseries.

And below…..

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