Today’s physics news: Nasa’s Curiosity rover targets smaller landing zone and more

Today’s physics news: Nasa’s Curiosity rover targets smaller landing zone, Japanese astronomers claim to have found ‘earliest galaxy’ and more

Nasa’s Curiosity rover targets smaller landing zone
The US space agency (Nasa) says it has narrowed the expected landing zone for its Mars rover, Curiosity.
BBC

Japanese astronomers claim to have found ‘earliest galaxy’
A team of Japanese astronomers using telescopes on Hawaii say they have seen the oldest galaxy, a discovery that is competing with other “earliest galaxy” claims.
Independent

NASA scientists fight budget cuts with cupcakes
Planetary researchers bake cakes and shine shoes to raise awareness of declining budge
Nature