Caltech astronomer finds solar system’s 10th planet:

A California astronomer has discovered what he believes is the 10th planet in our solar system, a group of NASA-funded researchers said on Friday.

The new planet, known as 2003UB313, has been identified as the most distant object ever detected orbiting the sun, California Institute of Technology astronomer Michael Brown said.

Hmm…2003UB313. That’s catchy.

But I like having nine planets in our solar system. I think I’ll use my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator to blow that sucker up. (My Death Star is in the shop.)

Water ice in crater at Martian north pole

…images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, show a patch of water ice sitting on the floor of an unnamed crater near the Martian north pole.

So now all we have to do is build one of those huge melty reactors, and once we activate it, Mars will have atmosphere!