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	Science Daily update ⋅ November 17, 2021
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	Space.com Why is sci-fi so obsessed with asteroid impact disasters (and how to stop them)? Space.com For longer than science fiction has even existed, humans have been fascinated with (and terrified by) the prospect of space rocks falling to Earth. But why? There is one obvious explanation: Asteroids have fallen to Earth many times before, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com How the Beaver Moon lunar eclipse of Nov. 19 has shades of 1967 Space.com Our upcoming lunar eclipse has a direct connection to an eclipse that occurred in the late 1960s. There is a reason for this that I will make clear in just a moment. But first, let's take a look back at that eclipse of more than half a century ago, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Space debris from Russian anti-satellite test will be a safety threat for years Space.com Space debris created by a Russian anti-satellite missile test will pose a threat to satellites in low Earth orbit as well as astronauts aboard the International Space Station for years to come, experts reveal. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Is there life at Alpha Centauri? New space telescope to seek out habitable planets around sun's neighboring star Space.com The new mission, called TOLIMAN after an ancient Arabic-derived name for Alpha Centauri, will carry a novel telescope fitted with a so-called diffractive pupil lens that spreads starlight into a flowerlike pattern. This ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Space debris from Russian anti-satellite missile test spotted in telescope images and video Space.com They show images and video of the debris in the wake of a direct-ascent anti-satellite test by Russia Monday that sent a missile from the ground to destroy a defunct satellite called Cosmos-1408. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com The Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight! But don't expect to see much. Space.com When most people hear through the news media of an impending meteor shower, likely their first impression is of a sky filled with shooting stars pouring down through the sky like rain. Such meteor storms have indeed occurred with the famous November ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post Trouble aboard the Space Station sent astronauts fleeing for safety for the second time this year The Washington Post It sprang a couple of small but stubbornly persistent leaks last year. Errant thruster firings from a Russian spacecraft attached to the station this year sent it spinning so wildly that a NASA flight director said he was relieved the solar arrays didn't ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Galaxy Collisions Preview Milky Way's Fate Scientific American It will also feed the now quiet supermassive black holes that lurk at the centers of both galaxies. The black holes will grow while releasing a storm of energetic particles and radiation that will easily outshine the light from all the stars in both ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Russia defends anti-satellite test amid US criticism Space.com Russia's defense ministry says there is no threat to International Space Station crews or nearby satellites. This animation from the European Space Agency depicts the number of debris objects larger than 1 millimeter in Earth orbit. (Image credit: ESA). Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Hubble Space Telescope team continues troubleshooting instrument glitch Space.com In late October, the famous observatory experienced a problem with the synchronization of its internal communications, which knocked all five of its science instruments offline. The Hubble team got one of those instruments, the Advanced Camera ... Flag as irrelevant
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