NASA creates eye-popping 160-megapixel image of our two nearest galaxies (video)

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NASA is determined to bring the final frontier closer than ever -- or at least a small, photographic slice of it. Using NASA's Swift satellite, astrophysicists at Goddard Space Flight Center and Pennsylvania State University were able to create a stunningly detailed survey of the two galaxies closest to us: the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds. The 160-megapixel image was painstakingly stitched together using thousands of smaller photographs captured with Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope. Rendering the galaxies in UV wavelengths allows researchers to study details unseen in visible light images, like individual stars surrounding the Tarantula Nebula in the LMC (the large pink cluster in the photo above). This high-res mosaic provides ample opportunity to study the life cycles of stars, from birth to death, in detail astrophysicists could previously only dream about. Fancy a tour? Check out the video after the break -- or journey on past the source link to download the 457MB TIFF.

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NASA creates the first topographic map of Titan, Saturn's largest moon

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Scientists observing Saturn's moon Titan with NASA's Cassini spacecraft have boldly gone where no man has gone before -- visually, anyway. Using radar imagery collected from nine years of Cassini flybys, researchers were able to patch together the first global topographic map of Titan, published in the July 2013 issue of Icarus. Ralph Lorenz, a member of the Cassini radar team at Johns Hopkins, said, "Titan has so much interesting activity -- like flowing liquids and moving sand dunes -- but to understand these processes it's useful to know how the terrain slopes." In particular, understanding the moon's terrain can reveal a lot about its dynamic climate system. Like Earth, Titan's atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen, but the liquids and vapors on the moon's surface are made of methane and other organic chemicals integral to the creation of complex life. By studying the relationship between atmosphere and terrain, researchers hope to learn more about the evolution of life in its earliest stages, and inspire curious minds to turn their eyes toward Titan.

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Bacon, Beef, Doughnuts, Sprinkles: MLB Team Creates Ultimate Burger

Sam Laird2013-04-06 00:43:25 UTC

Pittsburgh Pirates fans may not have high hopes for their team on the field this season, but the MLB franchise is taking sports fan gluttony to a whole new level.

It's called the Brunch Burger, and it's available to fans who attend games at PNC Park. Here's the deal: Beef patty, bacon, cheddar cheese and a fried egg sandwiched between a bun made from a sprinkled-glazed doughnut.

MLB's Cut4 content arm shared a photo of the burger in this Thursday night tweet:

Donuts ... mhmmm. @pirates have created a bacon-cheddar burger with glazed donuts for buns: atmlb.com/14S0RHm twitter.com/Cut4/status/32…

— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 5, 2013

So, while the Pirates probably won't win their division this season, they are the odds-on favorite for in-stadium coronaries. (There's also a video if you want to check that out.)

Awesome or disgusting? Give us your take in the comments.

Thumbnail image courtesy @Cut4

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Atlas Genius Creates Music Videos With Vimeo's Top Filmmakers

Christine Erickson2013-03-26 14:43:06 UTC

Atlas Genius has held a top spot on the radio for the last three months with their hit single "Trojans."

A song so catchy and popular deserves a winning music video to go with it — so the Australian brothers decided to release four instead. The band partnered with Vimeo, producing unique music videos with top content creators on the platform.

"As an artist, you are always interested in how your audience interprets a song you wrote and in this instance we were able to dip into Vimeo's talent to create four amazingly different interpretations of 'Trojans,'" the band tells Mashable.

The first, shown above, is a claymation video by director Tyler Nicholson. Over the next month or so, the band will release the other three videos included in the project. Celia Rowlson-Hall created a live action love story which had a soft release during the album reveal. There will also be a hand drawn animation by Eric Funk and Pots N' Pans created a live action video with GoPro cameras, featuring Alexandra Miller from The Carrie Diaries.

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The band signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2012, and is currently on tour with Imagine Dragons. Their debut album, When It Was Now released in February.

Vimeo's senior content and community manager Sam Morrill tells Mashable that this relationship with Warner Bros. has been a "really exciting opportunity." Warner Bros. sent the video-sharing platform, and Vimeo selected the four directors based on whose style would work best with the song. After they pitched their ideas to the band, Atlas Genius ultimately decided which videos were produced. Morrill says that everyone has been "thrilled" with the results so far.

Check out the first music video above and be on the lookout for the following in the next month.

Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

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