Following the discovery of a salty ocean on one the moons of Jupiter last week, scientists today announced what could be the most compelling evidence of extra-terrestrial life yet - a McDonalds fast food restaurant orbiting Saturn.
Dr. Roger Sole of NASA made the discovery while testing some new graphics software on his state-of-the-art computer workstation. "I was testing the latest build of Eye of Gnome, and I opened a couple of images of the rings of Saturn to give it a real work out. I zoomed in on one of the images and darn it if I didn't see the Golden Arches".
The image, one of the thousands taken by the Voyager II probe last century, was confirmed as authentic by Dr. Sole's colleagues at NASA. McDonalds executives were at a loss to explain the existence of a franchise orbiting one of the more picturesque planets in the solar system.
"While we our aim is to provide the finest burgers and fries to the solar system, McDonalds has not granted permission to use the McDonalds name, nor the trademarked Golden Arches to any person or group of extra-terrestrial origin," said a lawyer acting for the multinational corporation.
Despite the trademark abuse, the world scientific community is very excited about Dr. Sole's discovery. "It's not absolute proof of life," said Dr. Sole, "but if they're making the burgers someone's gotta be eating them".
Dr. Roger Sole of NASA made the discovery while testing some new graphics software on his state-of-the-art computer workstation. "I was testing the latest build of Eye of Gnome, and I opened a couple of images of the rings of Saturn to give it a real work out. I zoomed in on one of the images and darn it if I didn't see the Golden Arches".
The image, one of the thousands taken by the Voyager II probe last century, was confirmed as authentic by Dr. Sole's colleagues at NASA. McDonalds executives were at a loss to explain the existence of a franchise orbiting one of the more picturesque planets in the solar system.
"While we our aim is to provide the finest burgers and fries to the solar system, McDonalds has not granted permission to use the McDonalds name, nor the trademarked Golden Arches to any person or group of extra-terrestrial origin," said a lawyer acting for the multinational corporation.
Despite the trademark abuse, the world scientific community is very excited about Dr. Sole's discovery. "It's not absolute proof of life," said Dr. Sole, "but if they're making the burgers someone's gotta be eating them".