(Does my calling plan cover Betelgeuse, or is that ‘roaming?’)

It’s official.

Thanks to NASA, we now have the proof: Tom Cruise is not the smallest life form in the universe.

Earlier this year, astronomers announced the discovery of the smallest planet in the known universe, a planet so tiny that it could support Gerard Depardieu, or Joy Behar, but not both. Planet Kepler-37B, named after the Kepler Space Telescope, proves two things about NASA: they remain relevant in difficult financial times,...