Small 'planet' Pluto rides large on world wide web's meme machine

The internet’s dwarf planet-watchers gaze into Pluto’s newly revealed landscape and see everything from the Death Star to a Wrecking BallIt took Nasa’s New Horizons probe nine years to reach Pluto and complete its historic flyby, but it only took the internet about nine minutes to transform the incredible new image into a canvas for pop culture fun.With anticipation for the new Star Wars film reaching astronomical heights, it’s no surprise that George Lucas’s world was pulled into our own solar system. The threat from Death Star Pluto remains low for now, but let’s just hope it hasn’t received news of its planetary downgrade. Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 15, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ryan Kincaid Tags: Pluto Internet Nasa Space Science Source Type: news