It's Christmas morning, and you probably have the day off — but NASA satellites are still hard at work; this just-released image gives a view of the planet's weather this morning as it was seen by the Agency's GOES East satellite.

It's a rocket. Made of cookies. Gingerbread engineer Matt Baker sent io9 this incredible picture of his 1/109 scale model of the Saturn V rocket (here you can see a side-by-side comparison — click to enlarge). "I'm a big NASA fan," he explained via email. "Now if I could just find some tiny gingernauts." Even without a…

This week in the world of cartoons...well, I'll level with ya. Not a lot of new cartoons aired this week due to tweaks in pre-Christmas holiday scheduling. We did, however get new episodes of Tron: Uprising and MLP: Friendship is Magic, as well as a very funny Marvel Mash-Up.

Amazing Last-Minute Gifts That You Can Buy Or Make Right Now

Still haven't finished your Holiday shopping list? Here is a list of items you can purchase online right here, in the stores of make in your home right now. Don't get deflated by "sold out" signs, this is a list of goodies we promise will please your geekiest loved ones.

This is no ordinary collectible. This handmade replica of River Song's own personal sonic screwdriver was constructed personally by Nick Robatto, the man who's made all the sonic screwdrivers for Doctor Who. There are no prefab parts here, and he's only making 15 of them for Quantum Mechanix.

Yesterday, NASA's Cassini imaging team brought us a rare view of a backlit Saturn to commemorate the holidays. Today, the Agency's Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the season with a gorgeous "cosmic holiday ornament."

This is a really neat idea. The book Behind the Sofa collects celebrities' memories of the Doctor Who moments that scared them most. And it's raising money for Alzheimers Research UK. The 100 celebrities who've contributed include:

What do you get the person who has every scifi TV series in a DVD box set, all the latest scifi hardbacks, plus every gorgeous comic book collection and all the action figures you've ever heard of (plus probably like 20 more)? There is an actual answer to this question. You get them the books that helped create the…

Okay, admittedly, there's only one other Cthulhu-ian Christmas carol besides "I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth" here, and that's "Freddy the Red-Brained Mi-Ho," below. But I knew you guys wouldn't want to miss these two fantastic holiday tunes by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society (who happen to have composed several…