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	Science Daily update ⋅ December 13, 2019
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	Space.com It's No Lark: NASA Asteroid Mission Picks 'Nightingale' As Sampling Site Space.com SAN FRANCISCO — We now know where NASA's first asteroid sample-return mission aims to snag its otherworldly stuff. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will swoop down on a site called Nightingale near the north pole of the 1,650-foot-wide (500 meters) asteroid ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Geminid Meteor Shower's Parent Debris Trail Spotted for 1st Time (Photo) Space.com SAN FRANCISCO — NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe (PSP) has given us a new perspective on a famous meteor shower. In a cosmic first, PSP imaged the dusty trail of debris that causes the Geminid meteor shower, which peaks this weekend. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Boeing's Starliner Astronaut Taxi Is 'Go' for Launch on Dec. 20 Space.com Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is ready to deliver holiday presents on its inaugural trip to the International Space Station. On Thursday (Dec. 12), NASA and Boeing held a Flight Readiness Review (FRR), an in-depth assessment on how ready a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com 1st Global Map of Martian Winds Reveals 'Ripple Effects' from Extreme Terrain Space.com A new global map of winds on Mars shows "ripple effects" from the extreme terrain below. As the wind sails nearly 190 miles (300 kilometers) above the Red Planet's surface, researchers can see changes caused by the Martian landforms below, including ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com How to See Friday Night's Geminid Meteor Shower, Despite the Moonshine Space.com So far, 2019 has been a disaster if you are an enthusiastic watcher of "shooting stars." That's because many of the principal meteor showers have been severely hindered by bright moonlight. Generally speaking, if the moon's phase lies somewhere between ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org NASA's Operation IceBridge completes 11 years of polar surveys Phys.Org For eleven years from 2009 through 2019, the planes of NASA's Operation IceBridge flew above the Arctic, Antarctic and Alaska, gathering data on the height, depth, thickness, flow and change of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets.Designed to collect data during ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN NASA's plan to collect the first sample from an asteroid finds its target CNN (CNN) NASA's OSIRIS-REx is on a mission to bring back the first sample from an asteroid, and the team behind it has found the perfect place to collect that material. NASA announced Thursday that they've identified the "Nightingale" location, within a crater on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com SpaceX to Make Starlink Satellites Dimmer to Lessen Impact on Astronomy: Report Space.com SpaceX has a fix in play to make its bright Starlink satellites less disruptive to astronomy, according to a SpaceNews report. After the first Starlink internet satellites launched in May, astronomers noticed that the little satellites are quite reflective and bright. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Denman Glacier: Deepest point on land found in Antarctica BBC News The deepest point on continental Earth has been identified in East Antarctica, under Denman Glacier. This ice-filled canyon reaches 3.5km (11,500ft) below sea level. Only in the ocean are the valleys deeper still. The discovery is illustrated in a new map of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times NASA's Osiris-Rex Marks the Spot for Asteroid Landing The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — A landing pad fit for a visitor from NASA has been found on an ancient relic of our solar system. NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft left Earth in 2016, its sights set on an asteroid named Bennu that is as wide as the Empire State Building is tall. Flag as irrelevant
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