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Did You Survive the Imaginary December 21, 2012, Apocalypse?

According to a handful of dolts, we're all supposed to be dead right now, based on some theory about calendars made by a guy who we'll guess was high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time.Nobody really said what time the world was supposed to end today, but it's already Saturday in some part ... More >>

Six Must-See Doomsday Shows on Friday in Metro Phoenix

Party at ground zero/Every movie starring you/And the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew -- Fishbone Shit could be getting real in about 96 hours from now, yo, when the fated date of December 21 finally dawns. It's highly unlikely, since NASA hasn't spotted any killer comets en route and al ... More >>

Will.i.am's Mars-Blasted Single is a Great Idea

See also: NASA's Curiosity Rover: Here's the Hi-Res, 360 Degree View of Mars See also: Our 10 Favorite Martian Songs in Honor of Curiosity My faith in humanity reached a new high when headlines concerning the Curiosity Rover flooded Facebook and Twitter. Were people really interested in science agai ... More >>

"Space Hot Dog" Sent On Journey Into the Unknown, Then Eaten

Not to be outdone by NASA and its sexy mohawked engineers, the owners of Zog's Dogs have struck back with a bold video showing the first... hot dog in space (sorta). Actually it has two distinctions. The first unprotected hot dog to visit the upper atmosphere and the first hot dog to be recovered ... More >>

SMoCA's Time-Capsule Exhibition Is Entertaining But Lacks Innovation

ASU Professor Finds U.S. Flags on the Moon, Conspiracy Theorists Still Not Convinced

In the year 2012, people are still convinced that the United States government faked the moon landings.A professor from Arizona State University and his team recently found most of the U.S. flags planted on the moon -- using a camera on an orbiter -- and we checked in on the crowd that's known for w ... More >>

Amazing Gaze

Manufactured Superstars @ Axis/Radius

Manufactured Superstars

Three Quintessential Nerd Cars (That Won't Be at Barrett Jackson this Week)

​Everyone geeks out for something - as evidenced by the throng of classic and custom car enthusiasts who will descend on the Barrett Jackson Auto Show this week to slobber over dual overhead cams and bored-out-twin-turbo... something or other (check out today's slideshow here).Truly, I don't unde ... More >>

BRB

"Mysterious" Phoenix Fireball Not a UFO. Probably Just a Boring Meteor, According to NASA *VIDEO*

According to NASA, the above photo likely is of a meteor, not a UFO.​The "mysterious" fireball that was seen in the skies over Phoenix last night probably was just a meteor, according to NASA scientists.The strange flash happened about 7:40 p.m. and was seen as far away as Los Angeles.If you ... More >>

September 15 In Blogs: Allison Crouse, Slightly Stoopid, Los Sombreros, and the Phoenix Fireball

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

NASA Releases Satellite Photos of Massive Arizona Wildfires; Full Evacuation Ordered for Eagar, Springerville

Image: NASAThe Horseshoe Two Fire, as seen from a NASA satellite.​  NASA satellite photos released today show just how much of Arizona's precious forests are being lost to fire. Remarkably, for fires this big, there have been no reported deaths or injuries. We saw something about burn in ... More >>

Solar Flair

9/11 "Troofers" Return! "4409" Burns a Library Book, Guess Which One?

Jason Shelton lights one up. Too bad it ain't a doobie They're baaaaaack. Yep, like a rash of bed bugs you thought the exterminator had smoked out, the "troofers," those nutty guys and gals who believe 9/11 was an "inside job" by the Bush administration will be active once again come this ninth ann ... More >>

NASA Wants You to Pick Out Music Used to Wake Up Astronauts

They can put a man on the moon, but they can't find a way to inject caffeine into Tang, and they sure as hell can't make a playlist.​NASA has found a way to integrate the general public into their upcoming STS-133 mission.As NME reports, the task at hand is to decide what music should be used to w ... More >>

ASU Mars Map Said to Be Best Ever; Online Viewing Site Crashes Friday Due to Heavy Traffic

Image: ASU, NASAThe Grand Canyon of Mars: Valles Marineris. This and other great views of Mars are available on a new, zoomable map created by ASU and NASA​ Wanna take a trip to Mars, without donning a spacesuit? Try the new Mars map compiled for online use by Arizona State University, in coll ... More >>

"Moon Rock" In Dutch Museum Actually Just Petrified Wood Probably From Arizona Desert; And The Conspiracy Lives On

God Guns Free Speach​Here's something that ought to pump some life blood into moon landing conspiracy theorists everywhere.If you visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam over the last 17 years and thought you saw a genuine moon rock, get ready to be disappointed. Not only didn't the rock you saw come ... More >>

Hot Links: Kidnappings, Plane Crashes, and 15 Pounds of Meth

​Two children have been safely returned to their mother after an early morning kidnapping near 27th avenue and Indian School Road. According to police, a group of men stormed the victims' house, yelling that they were police, and forcibly took the children, ages two and eleven months. Police are s ... More >>

Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection Worried About News Coverage (Or Lack of It)

  Touchy, touchy. A representative of Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection called us this afternoon to ask why our June 8 post about a roundtable being hosted by the group was so "negative." The woman started off by telling us that she's a journalist who was working for the Alliance a ... More >>

Phoenix the Source of Most Balloon-Caused UFO Reports, Says NASA

NASA can always depend on the Phoenix area for UFO reports. Our clear skies and large population apparently make the Valley number one when it comes to hysterical cries of alien invasion every time a research balloon goes up. Following yesterday's media reports about the earthly origins of a sph ... More >>

"Touch the Stars: The NASA Experience"

N.A.S.A.: Fun Concept, Boring Reality

That is some pretty awesome album art for a pretty average albumAs we come right smack into another Tuesday rife with new releases, I will choose to focus my energies on one particular release, N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo. N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) is the collaboration between DJ Ze ... More >>

You Heard It Here First: Yuksek

Away From The Sea and right into your fucking skullAh, new music Tuesday. It's always exciting to note what new albums come out on any given Tuesday, especially so early into the new year. While today may be a particularly slow day in the American market, one French artist has released some of 2009' ... More >>

Serious Moonlight

Apollo doc is one giant leap for movie kind

Coachella Artists Start Leaking

The first batch of bands for the hottest music festival around, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has been leaked. Confirmed Artists: the Killers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, ... More >>

Wardrobe Malfunction

God help us, it’s back

Chafing dishes

Renaissance Woman

Hazel paints from the past

Draggin' Tale

AIDS Walk benefit draws ladies and gent

Red Rover

Scientists at ASU are the first to see new discoveries from Mars

BEST PLACE TO SEE STARS

Starlab Indoor Planetarium

Local Color

MARS artists show their stuff

Fathers and Guns

Gunfighters fire a round for Dad

Pleas and Protests

Letters from the week of February 27, 2003

Flame-out

Challenger – now that was a real national tragedy

Slap in the Face

More controversy in the debate over an image of Mars

Mars Face-off

Letters from the week of December 12, 2002

To Spite the Face

Researchers accuse ASU's THEMIS of fraud and cover-up on latest image of 'Face on Mars'

Best Place To Get Down-Home

Historic Sahuaro Ranch

Shoot the Moon

Aussie-made The Dish illuminates eccentric scientists who helped televise 1969 lunar walk

Ground Control to Major Tom

Blast off without leaving Peoria

Softly Into That Good Nitrous

Why sales of pressurized laughing gas are sky high in Arizona

Eclipsed

Arizona asteroid hunters were poised to save the Earth from Armageddon. Then a secret Air Force project took over.

Feat of Clay

Wallace and Gromit filmmakers tackle Gumby Noir

The Outer Space Undergroud

Arizona's quiet visionaries yearn to make the state a hub of commercial space travel

FREON EASY

ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.

LET'S DO LAUNCH

NO,YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST. JUST FLEX YOUR MISSILES.

HIGH-TECH'S MISSING LINK

IS JAMES J. DILETTOSO A TECHNO GOD OR JUST ANOTHER FLOPPY DISCIPLE? EVEN HE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.