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	Science Daily update ⋅ December 5, 2020
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	CNN NASA is paying startups for moon rocks. It's not what you think CNN New York (CNN Business) How much is a moon rock worth? According to new contracts inked between NASA and four startups, it's somewhere between $1 and $15,000. NASA pledged in September to buy moon rocks from companies that can get robotic ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post A nurse and her entire family contracted covid-19 under one roof. It started with a 'selfless' car ride. Washington Post As Sofia Burke leaned back in her hospital bed this week, she clutched an oxygen mask to her face while explaining how her mother's kindness toward others resulted in the New Jersey nurse contracting the coronavirus. Support our journalism. Subscribe ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Japan is bringing pieces of an asteroid to Earth this weekend. Here's how to watch online. Space.com Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft is about to deliver a precious sample of asteroid dust to Earth this weekend and you can watch the event live. The mission will swing by our planet to drop off a capsule full of regolith from asteroid Ryugu, before departing to visit ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Japan's Journey to an Asteroid Ends With a Hunt in Australia's Outback The New York Times Japan's space agency is nearing the end of a journey of discovery that aims to shed light on the earliest eons of the solar system and possibly provide clues about the origins of life on Earth. But first, it is going to have to go on a scavenger hunt in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Astronauts harvest radishes grown aboard the International Space Station CNN (CNN) Astronauts are harvesting fresh radishes grown in space, a delicious prospect that also could help seed food production efforts for longer-term missions to the moon and Mars. On Monday, NASA flight engineer Kate Rubins pulled out 20 radish plants ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Hayabusa 2: Returning asteroid sample could help uncover the origins of life and the solar system Phys.Org What is your idea of an asteroid? Many people think of them as potato-shaped, inert and perhaps rather dull, pock-marked objects—far away in deep space. But over the last ten years, two Japanese space missions – Hayabusa and now Hayabusa 2 – have ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Scientists just mapped 1 million new galaxies, in 300 hours Space.com Astronomers in Australia have just mapped 83% of the observable universe, in just 300 hours. Advertisement. This new sky survey, which Australia's national science agency (CSIRO) described in a statement as a "Google map of the universe" , marks the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Special delivery: Japan space probe to bring asteroid dust to Earth Phys.Org Hayabusa-2 will near Earth to drop off rare asteroid samples before heading back into deep space on a new extended mission. Call it a special delivery: after six years in space, Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe is heading home, but only to drop off its rare asteroid ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Jupiter and Saturn will come close enough to form first 'double planet' visible in nearly 800 years Washington Post In the complex dance of the solar system, two celestial bodies about to partner up. Jupiter and Saturn often look far apart — two separate specks puncturing different parts of the night sky. But later this month, the two largest planets in the solar system will come ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Japan awaits spacecraft return with asteroid soil samples Washington Post TOKYO — Japan's space agency said its final checks confirmed the Hayabusa2 spacecraft is on track to return to Earth a capsule containing samples from a distant asteroid that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on our planet. Flag as irrelevant
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