On March 17, astrophysicists announced they had discovered evidence of gravity waves left over from the time of the supposed big bang, which was believed in the scientific community to be confirmation of the big bang theory's cosmic inflation.
While tech companies like Facebook and Google are planning to deliver wireless data via hot air balloons or drones and fighting over which face-strapped monitors will be the future of the internet, the European Space Agency is busy at work on some serious, short-term high tech: our next mission to mars. But the way it's doing it looks fun.