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	Science Daily update ⋅ December 27, 2020
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	NPR Scientists Have Found Some Truly Ancient Ice, But Now They Want Ice That's Even Older NPR The oldest ice on Earth probably is hiding somewhere in Antarctica, because this frozen continent holds ice that's hundreds of thousands and even millions of years old. Scientists are hoping to find it. But even the scientists hunting for old ice aren't sure how ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Fact check: Images of Saturn, Jupiter are real, taken from Massachusetts telescope USA TODAY A viral image shared to Facebook purports to show the convergence of Jupiter and Saturn, in which the two planets appeared closer to each other than they have in centuries. "Best photo I have seen of the conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn taken from an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Skywatch: What's happening in the heavens in January Washington Post Our solar neighborhood's large planets Jupiter and Saturn each take a bow in January, following their conspicuous grand conjunction Dec. 21 at the winter solstice. Since the conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn slowly appear to go their separate ways, from our ... Flag as irrelevant
	Mashable 8 history-making space stories of 2020 Mashable It's been a hard year on Earth. But despite a global pandemic, scientists made huge strides in understanding the universe beyond our planet. They detected far-off signals, launched astronauts into orbit around the Earth, and sent probes to Mars, the moon, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA astronaut Kate Rubins harvests radishes grown in space Space.com On Nov. 30, Rubins harvested 20 radish plants from the APH, wrapping each in foil and placing it in cold storage. The radish plants will be sent down to Earth early next year on SpaceX's 22nd Commercial Resupply Services mission, according to a statement ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Mysterious asteroid the size of a dwarf planet is lurking in our solar system Livescience.com There's a giant asteroid somewhere out in the solar system, and it hurled a big rock at Earth. The evidence for this mystery space rock comes from a diamond-studded meteor that exploded over Sudan in 2008. NASA had spotted the 9-ton (8,200 kilograms), ... Flag as irrelevant
	Digital Trends 2020 was a big year for the moon. Here's a recap Digital Trends When President John F. Kennedy gave his famous "We choose to go to the moon" speech in 1962, it kicked off a decade of moon madness culminating in the landing of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface in 1969. Public excitement in lunar exploration was at an ... Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com NASA probe gets 'Christmas Star' photo while orbiting the moon mlive.com While many of us on Earth were craning our necks, trying to get a glimpse of the so-called "Christmas Star" earlier this week, a robotic spacecraft orbiting the moon was able to swing its camera around for an out-of-this-world photo of the celestial event. Flag as irrelevant
	Mashable Samples from Ryugu asteroid revealed after delivery to Earth Mashable The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) showed off a collection of samples from the asteroid Ryugu on Thursday following the return of the Hayabusa2 probe. The curation work for the Ryugu sample is steadily progressing. On December 21, sample ... Flag as irrelevant
	SlashGear Here's how astronauts celebrated the holidays aboard the ISS SlashGear While living on the International Space Station certainly can't be considered a normal life, the astronauts still do the same basic activities of daily living we accomplish here on Earth. That means sleeping, eating, going to the bathroom, and celebrating holidays ... Flag as irrelevant
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