[Science] Astronomers have smashed the record for the smallest planet discovered ...

Astronomers have smashed the record for the smallest planet discovered ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/21531116
Kepler 37b is slightly larger than our Moon and was discovered by the Kepler telescope. To spot the exoplanet - that's a planet outside of our Solar System - astronomers looked at the tiny variations in light from the star that the planet is orbiting.

New Whale Species Found Under a California Highway
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130219-new-baleen-whale-ancestors-oceans-california-paleontology/
You just never know what you'll find when you start digging in the dirt, which is why in California, construction projects doing such digging need to have a paleontologist and an archaeologist on site.

Solar Flareâ€"Producing Sunspot Forming On The Sun, NASA Images Massive ...
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0221/Sunspots-Huge-and-growing-fast-says-NASA
An enormous sunspot, six times larger than the Earth is currently forming on the Sun. NASA researchers predict that the sunspot could begin triggering powerful solar flares in a couple of days.

Millionaire Spaceflier Dennis Tito Planning Mission to Mars in 2018
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/20240
Dennis Tito, a millionaire investment guru, became the first paying passenger to visit the International Space Station in 2001. Now, its said that he is planning a privately funded, 501-day mission to Mars in 2018.