The missing Mars robot Beagle2 has been found on the surface of the Red Planet, apparently intact. High-resolution images taken from orbit have identified its landing location, and it looks to be in one piece – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30784886
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Astronomic media coverage from Earth
Scientists pinpoint SATURN with exquisite accuracy
Scientists have paired NASA’s Cassini spacecraft with the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio-telescope system to pinpoint the position of Saturn and its family of moons to within about 2 miles (4 kilometres) – http://astronomynow.com/2015/01/09/scientists-pinpoint-saturn-with-exquisite-accuracy/
More about Saturn here – http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/index.cfm?SciencePageID=51
Possibly two more planets in our Solar System
There could be at least two unknown planets hidden well beyond Pluto, whose gravitational influence determines the orbits and strange distribution of objects observed beyond Neptune. This has been revealed by numerical calculations made by researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Cambridge. – http://phys.org/news/2015-01-trans-neptunian-planets-solar.html
“Lettuce On MARS” Project
Southampton students aiming to put the first life on Mars – http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2014/dec/14_232.shtml – 10 September 2014
NASA spacecraft awakens for PLUTO Encounter
NASA probe nears end of pioneering mission to Pluto after nine-year journey – http://www.itv.com/news/2015-01-04/nasa-probe-nears-end-of-pioneering-mission-to-pluto-after-nine-year-journey/
More about the mission to Pluto on the NASA website: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/