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Wow, Iran…..wow…..

PETA is beyond angry at Iran for launching a monkey in space in an attempt to conquer space.

Photos have surfaced showing a visibly terrified monkey strapped to a "pod" with duct tape and the sad thing…this ISN'T the first time Iran has tried to send a monkey in space.

Tags: aerospace, animal cruelty, animal rights, government, iran, monkey, peta, pod, sad, space

This is really cool.

For the first time ever, scientists have captured video of a comet diving directly into the sun!

The video was taken from several different types of cameras, so some shots are better than others.

If you look really closely, you can see it shoot in from the bottom right corner.

Tags: comet, crazy, dive, first ever, science, space, sun, video

Attack of the space worms!

Okay, they're actually from earth, and we put them in space.

Scientists sent 4,000 tiny worms up to the international space station.

Even with no gravity the worms were able to reproduce for 12 generations in three months.

Since the worms do share some genetic traits with humans, it shows how multiple generations of people could survive in space.

We're not exactly sure how worms are similar to humans but the scientists seem pretty happy with the results.

The study's lead researcher said:

Tags: international space station, nematode, science, space, study, worm

Vegans in space!

A rocket producer called SpaceX recently announced they're planing on flying people to Mars to make a human colony. We know what your thinking — What will they eat??

Okay, it's not the first thing that came to our mind either. But the people at PETA were all over it! They're petitioning that Mars should be an all-vegan planet!

The animal rights group sent out a press release saying:

“the Martian colony is an opportunity to make a kind civilization in which humans don’t exploit other beings. And since the animal agriculture industry is toxic to human health and to the environment, an all-vegan civilization would ensure that the new Martian citizens would have long and healthy futures.”

Hmm… that's IS something to think about.

Even if their dream of a vegan-friendly planet doesn't come true, we think it's awesome the PETA's goals don't end at home. Looks like they won't stop till the whole universe is rid of animal cruelty!

What do you think of an all-vegan planet? Tweet us UR thoughts HERE!

[image via NASA]

Tags: animal cruelty, awesome, colony, environment, humans, marine, mars, peta, space