1. First Image of Mercury From Orbit Early Tuesday morning, NASA's Messenger spacecraft sent home the first image of Mercury ever taken from orbit around the planet. WOOHOO, SPACE! Awesomeness. \o/ (More images here.)
First, you know how NASA crashed those crafts into the moon about a month ago to investigate for water? Well, it looks like they found the evidence they were looking for. A lot more water than they had even hoped to find. Water on the mooooooooooon!