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First all-female spacewalking team makes history
MARCIA DUNN • October 18, 2019, 1:03 PM EDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world's first all-female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, replacing a broken part of the International Space Station's power grid.

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From the (huge) comments thread multidimensional weave at  "Who Started the Moon Landing Hoax Conspiracy Theory?" ("Today I Learned" channel on YouTube):

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From Popular Science

A meteor exploded over the Bering Sea with the energy of 10 atomic bombs
And we never saw it coming.

Scientists recently observed a meteor exploding over the Bering Sea with the energy of 10 atomic bombs. It’s officially the second largest fireball of its kind to occur this century, after the Chelyabinsk event in Russia six years ( Read more... )

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TRUE STORY

After Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, just before re-entering the lunar lander, he made a bizarre remark. He said "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky."

Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet cosmonaut. However, upon sifting, no Gorsky was found in either the Russian or American space ( Read more... )

From Engadget.

Watch NASA's InSight land on Mars tomorrow starting at 2PM ET

It's NASA's first touchdown on the planet since 2012.

Jon Fingas, @jonfingas
[Nov. 25, 2018, about 7:40pm ET] in Space


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From The Guardian

Dwarf planet 'The Goblin' discovery redefining solar system
Massively elongated orbit suggests object is influenced by theoretical giant Planet Nine in Oort Cloud region

An extremely distant dwarf planet, named The Goblin, has been discovered in observations that are redefining the outer reaches of the solar system.

Astronomers made ( Read more... )

From the BBC

Rocket woman: How to cook curry and get a spacecraft into Mars orbit
By Geeta Pandey • 2 September 2018

BBC World Service, Delhi


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from Aeon
What if ET is an AI?
After centuries searching for extraterrestrial life, we might find that first contact is not with organic creatures at all

We have a problem. In a 10-billion-year-old galaxy there should have been ample opportunity for at least one species to escape its own mess, and to spread across the stars, filling every niche. ( Read more... )

From Newsweek

NASA TWINS STUDY CONFIRMS ASTRONAUT'S DNA ACTUALLY CHANGED IN SPACE
BY KATHERINE HIGNETT ON 3/9/18 AT 1:28 PM

Astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA was altered by a year in space, results from NASA’s Twins Study have confirmed. Seven percent of his genes did not return to normal after he landed, researchers found.

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from Business Insider

Watch live video of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its dummy driver 'Starman' on their way to Mars orbit
Lydia Ramsey Feb. 6, 2018, 8:04 PM

For those concerned about the fate of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster - and the dummy named "Starman" that SpaceX sent into space on Tuesday - have no fear.

SpaceX equipped the Roadster with ( Read more... )