NASA Beams Beatles

NASA turns 50 on Monday, the same day the Beatles recorded the song "Across the Universe" 40 years ago. Space agency officials aren't letting that coincidence go unnoticed. They've arranged to beam the song into deep space at 7 p.m. It'll be aimed at the north star, Polaris.

"Amazing! Well done, NASA!" said Paul McCartney, one of the two surviving Beatles, in a message to the agency. "Send my love to the aliens." Of course, McCartney didn't actually write "Across the Universe." It's a John Lennon song.