Top news for December 21, 2008

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Europe is recruiting astronauts. Here’s what it takes to become one

Researchers Warn: At Least 50% of COVID-19 Infections Are Transmitted by People Without Symptoms

On this day in space! Oct. 14, 1947: Chuck Yeager smashes the sound barrier.

Studies Suggest People Who Had Covid-19 Should Get Single Vaccine Dose

Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Reports In From Mars

Astronomers Make a Weird Discovery: A Concentration of Smaller Black Holes Lurking Where They Expected a Single Massive Black Hole

Getting to Net Zero Carbon Emissions – and Even Net Negative – Is Surprisingly Feasible and Affordable

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Captured Perseverance During Descent to Red Planet

Natural Antifreeze: Ice-Binding Molecules Stop Ice Growth