IRrelevant Astronomy

IRrelevant Astronomy is a web series produced by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

She graduated from the University of Southampton (U.K.) with her PhD in astrophysics in 2005, and moved to Caltech, where she now works as the Education and Outreach Scientist for a number of NASA missions.

Psych Out: (1 episode) A short about an astronomer visiting a therapist and taking a Rorschach-type inkblot test using images from the Spitzer Space Telescope.

Dub'ya: (1 episode) An old movie is edited down and re-dubbed with dialogue about current Spitzer Space Telescope science.

Integrating live action and CG animation, there are currently two episodes: "Enemy Mine" and "The Slowlian Web."

M51 & Gizmo: (1 episode) Innocent alien M51 accidentally unleashes havoc on the planet Earth, and learns about how life exists in the Universe.

Skinfrared: (2 episodes) A series of direct educational narratives about infrared as it relates to the human body.

[10] In October 2009, the IRrelevant Astronomy episode "Psych Out" was an official selection at the 2nd annual Imagine Science Film Festival.

An evil artificial intelligence unit attempts to take control of NASA, from the episode Fusion vs. Fission
Recurring incompetent filmmakers The Director and Flunky #2, from the episode "Spitzer Space Telescope: The Musical"
A parasitic microbe produces an educational show by tapping into an astronomer's brain, from the episode "Ask an Astronomy Brain Parasite"
Evil talk-show-host robot IR-2 attempts to conquer the Universe in the Robot Astronomy Talk Show episodes, here encountering his evil talk-show-host twin