It couldn’t have happened on a more appropriate anniversary: some bored astronomers spotted a new dark “scar” on the surface of Jupiter indicating either impact by a comet or a planet in serious need of anti-depressants. [NASA]
NASA, when it isn’t finding rogue space lights or mysterious BOOMs of the non-Steve Jobsian variety, is apparently sending rogue science teams to brief President-elect Obama on the future of the space program.