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	Science Daily update ⋅ December 17, 2020
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	Space.com Canadian astronauts will start flying to the moon in 2023 with NASA's Artemis missions Space.com Canada plans to send two astronauts on moon-bound missions. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced Wednesday, Dec. 16, that a Canadian astronaut will fly around the moon in 2023 on the Artemis 2 mission — the first crewed mission of NASA's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com SpaceX will launch a spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office Thursday. Watch it live! Space.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is set to launch a spy satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Thursday (Dec. 17), and you can watch the action online. The flight is scheduled to blast off from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Jupiter and Saturn swing by the moon this week ahead of a 'Great Conjunction' Space.com This week Jupiter and Saturn are low in the southwest during the chilly December dusk. When this month began, they were separated by 2.1 degrees. But in the days that followed, they have been slowly approaching each other; getting closer by about 0.1 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Spaceflight Now NRO using SpaceX's commercial launch service for spy satellite payload Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to take off Thursday from Florida's Space Coast with a secret cargo for the National Reconnaissance Office, which broke with standard practice to procure the launch commercially, outside of the government's established ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tech Times So 'asteroid' 2020 SO was actually 1960s space junk. It may be the first of many to come. Space.com The detective story of 2020 SO, an erstwhile asteroid now formally identified as a 54-year-old piece of space junk, sounds like a wild yarn today but may become the first installment in a long series of such puzzles. The object dubbed 2020 SO was spotted in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Ultracold atoms reveal a new type of quantum magnetic behavior Phys.Org A new study illuminates surprising choreography among spinning atoms. In a paper appearing in the journal Nature, researchers from MIT and Harvard University reveal how magnetic forces at the quantum, atomic scale affect how atoms orient their spins. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Watch for the 'Christmas Star' as Jupiter and Saturn come closer than they have in centuries CNN (CNN) The two largest planets in our solar system are coming closer together than they have been since the Middle Ages, and it's happening just in time for Christmas -- hence the nickname of the "Christmas Star." While it's not an actual star, the two planets ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Watch SpaceX's Starship SN8 do a wild landing flip and then explode in this awesome video Space.com The rocket — a Starship prototype called SN8 — launched on an epic high-altitude test flight from SpaceX's facility near the South Texas village of Boca Chica Wednesday (Dec. 9). SN8 took off at 5:45 p.m. EST (2245 GMT) and soared 7.8 miles (12.5 kilometers) ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post World's space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020 Washington Post CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon and gravel from an asteroid for return to Earth. Flag as irrelevant
	EarthSky Favorite photos of 2020's Geminid meteor shower EarthSky EarthSky community members from around the world share their photos and experiences of this year's Geminid meteor shower, here. Sharing is caring! Tweet. Share. Pin. Mail. Share. A tall saguaro cactus is the foreground for a long white streak in a starry ... Flag as irrelevant
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