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Even the outside of Hayabusa 2’s monster capsule contains asteroid debris

CRISPR’s big year: the best breakthroughs of 2020

SpaceX plans to launch Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on January 4

Researchers may have ideas about how Mars formed

One of the largest, most complete Einstein rings ever seen. Astronomers call it the “molten ring”

‘A better job than we ever did:’ Nunavut researchers turn to civil scientists

Prehistoric “Sea Dragon” fossil discovered in the English Channel

The top space stories of the week!

Korea’s artificial sun drops record after running at 100 million degrees for two seconds

Mysterious asteroid as big as a dwarf planet is hiding in our solar system

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins harvests radishes that have grown in space

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