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Newspace

A Japanese baseball game between the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Yakult Swallows played Ringu‘s Sadako and The Grudge‘s Kayako in a publicity stunt. Apparently a crossover movie is in the works. This is definitely a more horror-filled swing than that time Karloff took to home plate in full Frankenstein Monster make-up at a 1940 Hollywood Stars game.

Below: a meteor blazes over Phoenix, corporations look to the stars (or at least the moon and the asteroid belt), and cosplayers cosplay.

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Newspace

Robot abbot:

Flying close to the sun:
The Solar Impulse 2 solar plane completed a successful crossing of the Pacific Ocean.

Peake Condition:
Astronaut Tim Peake completed the equivalent of a marathon on the ISS.

Inhuman Delay:
In movie space news, Marvel has removed the Inhumans from their current schedule, though it may be more of a rescheduling brought about by Spider-man’s arrival in the MCU. Unless, of course, Disney has a secret deal in the works to grab back the X-Men.

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Newspace

Puny god makes a guest appearance:

Live, from the uncanny valley:

As robotics technology develops, I suppose it was inevitable that some guy would build a Scarlett Johansson-bot.

And speaking of uncanny creepiness:

King Louie isn’t an orangutan in Disney’s strange new Jungle Book adaptation: he’s a Gigantopithecus!

What? You want actual news from space?

Blue Origin has another successful flight of its suborbital vehicle New Shepard.

And below….

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