

Planets and space Facts
science fiction
Space is amazing. The sheer vastness of it, along with the trillions upon trillions of objects in the many billion galaxies of the universe is almost incomprehensible to the human brain.

Science Fact
11 May: NASA approves the Mars Helicopter Scout for the Mars 2020 rover mission.

Latest Facts About Mars
5 January – Researchers report images taken by the Curiosity rover on Mars showing curious rock shapes that may require further study in order to help better determine whether the shapes are biological or geological.
Later, an astrobiologist made a similar claim based on a different image image taken by the Curiosity rover.
Clones of a Primate
24 January – Scientists in China report in the journal Cell the creation of two monkey clones, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, using the complex DNA transfer method that produced Dolly the sheep, for the first time.


Spaceship Program
6 February
SpaceX successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, and the most powerful rocket since the Space Shuttle program, the Falcon Heavy, from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center.

New Fact
10 April: Centuries' worth of rare-earth metals reported near the island of Minami-Tori-shima
