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Comet Leonard, the brightest of the year, is fading and acting strange

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December 9, 2021

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Comet Leonard, the brightest of the year, is fading and acting strange

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Something strange is happening to skywatchers' most anticipated comet of the year.

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Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth during northern spring, scientists argue

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The new research hinges on a site called Tanis, located in North Dakota, that an overlapping group of scientists announced in 2019. That work argued that the site's fossilized wildlife died within hours of a large asteroid slamming into the Yucatán peninsula 66 million years ago in what is today Mexico.

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'Mystery hut' on the moon just the latest weird lunar find by China's Yutu 2 rover

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China's Yutu 2 rover is the first spacecraft to explore the surface of the moon's far side, and the wheeled robot has made some interesting discoveries during its historic journey.

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Spaceflight

Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with GMA anchor Michael Strahan: When to watch and what to know

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Blue Origin's next crewed space mission will see "Good Morning America" anchor Michael Strahan fly to space with five other people. The launch is set for Saturday, Dec. 11 at 9:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT).

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Rocket Lab launches two Earth observation satellites for BlackSky Global

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A Rocket Lab Electron launcher carrying two commercial Earth observation spacecraft lifted off from the company's New Zealand site at 7:02 p.m. EST (1:02 p.m. Dec. 9 local New Zealand time, or 0002 Dec. 9 GMT).

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Science & Astronomy

Are volcanoes erupting on Venus?

(ESA/NASA/JPL)

A volcanic peak standing more than a mile high on Venus may still be active, new findings show, possibly shedding light on hotly debated findings that suggest that life may exist on the hellish planet.

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Hubble telescope spots a complex cloud of gas expanding into space

(NASA, ESA, A. Hajian (University of Waterloo), H. Bond (Pennsylvania State University), and B. Balick (University of Washington); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America))

NGC 6891 glows brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope, as the observatory assists scientists in learning more about how these gas clouds formed and evolved.

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SpaceX

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA's new IXPE X-ray space telescope

(NASA/Joel Kowsky)

A used Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 1 a.m. (0600 GMT) from Pad 39A here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The mission marked the fifth flight for this particular booster.

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