And Finally... NASA decide to bomb the moon
There are no aliens up there, as far as we know, but the Americans are preparing to bomb the moon.
A space mission blasted off from Cape Canaveral today carrying a missile that will fire a hole deep in the lunar surface.
But this is no gung-ho display of firepower - it is actually a serious quest for water.
Nasa scientists expect the blast to send out a plume of debris visible from Earth.
They want to see if any water or vapour is revealed in the huge space cloud.
If so, it could provide vital supplies for a moonbase.
The moon is mostly dry desert but ice may be trapped in craters which never see sunlight.
The unmanned LCROSS mission - it stands for Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite - will fire a Centaur rocket into the surface at twice the speed of a bullet.
An accompanying spacecraft will orbit the moon for a year looking for possible landing sites for astronauts.
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