Paint the Moon: “a collaborative work of celestial art. The goal: To unite millions of people in an effort to ‘paint’ a red spot on the dark portion of a first-quarter moon using common laser pointers during a five-minute period this autumn.” And: “An ambitious three-year mission to catch a piece of the sun and safely return that sample to Earth was successfully

hurled on its way into deep space Wednesday atop a Delta 2 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral.”