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	Science Daily update ⋅ December 3, 2019
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	Space.com Old NASA Moon Orbiter Finds New Life for Artemis Lunar Landing Project Space.com NASA has a serious case of lunar fever, with an ambitious goal to land humans on the moon in 2024. But those plans rely on an existing spacecraft with origins dating back to NASA's last moon-mission dreams. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Radio Telescope Unfurls 3 Antennas Beyond the Far Side of the Moon Space.com In a quiet orbit around the far side of the moon, three radio antennas are now outstretched, craning for whispers from a mysterious period early in the universe's history. The devices are attached to a Chinese communications satellite, Queqiao, which has been ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times How Life on Our Planet Made It Through Snowball Earth The New York Times Today, the world is warming. But from about 720 to 635 million years ago, temperatures swerved the other way as the planet became encased in ice during the two ice ages known as Snowball Earth. It happened fast, and within just a few thousand years or so ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Found! NASA Spots Crash Site and Debris from India's Lost Moon Lander Space.com Scientists and amateurs alike have spent months combing through images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter looking for the remains of India's moon lander — and that search has paid off. Today (Dec. 2), the team that runs the Lunar ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com 'Phantom' Vest-Wearing Dummies to Fly Around the Moon Space.com WASHINGTON — "Phantom women" dummies will make a trip around the moon in 2020 or so on a special mission: to protect all astronauts from radiation. Each dummy will take up one seat in the Orion spacecraft during Artemis 1, a crewless NASA test ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Japanese Asteroid Probe Tests Ion Engine for Journey Home to Earth Space.com A Japanese asteroid probe is getting fired up for its return to Earth. A recent test of the ion engine that powers Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft went well, clearing the hardware for full-on operations soon, mission team members announced late last week. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Scientists Spot Rare Minimoon Fireball Over Australia Space.com A fiery meteor explosion over the Australian desert may have been an ultra-rare minimoon, researchers think. Sometimes, objects from space come really close to Earth but are not immediately pulled in by our planet's gravity. They often orbit for a short period ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Cracks in the Greenland ice sheet are producing massive waterfalls, raising scientists' concerns for sea level rise Washington Post A cerulean blue lake consisting of glacial melt water on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, located about 18 miles from where the Store Glacier meets the sea in west Greenland, briefly became one of the world's tallest waterfalls during the course of five ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sky & Telescope New Method May Expedite Search for Exoplanets with Atmospheres Sky & Telescope A team of astronomers propose screening exoplanets by their temperatures to determine whether they host an atmosphere — and are worth following up. Planet in Hyades. Artist's impression of a cool, red star surrounded by planets. NASA / JPL-Caltech. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN India's crashed lunar lander site is spotted on the moon CNN (CNN) In September, India's historic attempt for a soft landing of their spacecraft and rover, the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander, ended prematurely when they lost communication with the craft. Now, images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal ... Flag as irrelevant
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