Top news for December 21, 2008

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

Have You Ever Seen Uranus? This Week Brings An Unmissable Chance As The ‘Ice Giant’ Shines Next To The Crescent Moon

Chernobyl Reminds Us What’s At Stake In Russia’s War On Ukraine

Combined Heat Shield and Solar Thermal Propulsion System for an Oberth Manuever

What Would the Sun Sound Like If We Could Hear It On Earth?

Exploring Alien Worlds With NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope [Video]

Deer, Mink and Hyenas Have Caught COVID-19 – Animal Virologists Explain Coronavirus in Animals and Why Humans Need To Worry

Mars Society Peru & Spain Chapters Experiment to be Flown to Chinese Space Station

Why Sex Chromosomes Matter When It Comes to Heart Disease

NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power