Top news for December 21, 2008

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NASA's Swift space telescope is about to crash to Earth. Where will it fall?

9 nightmarish sci-fi spaceships to crawl aboard for Halloween if you dare

The Brain Injury That Made Edward Freytag a Musical Genius

The Southwest Is Parched. Can the Recent Floodwaters Quench It?

'Quite a light show': NASA astronaut snaps atmospheric fireball as Russian rocket explodes over West Africa

A 3,200-pound NASA spacecraft could fall to Earth any minute now

A NASA Telescope Has Crashed Back to Earth

'OGame' developers explain how the browser-based sci-fi game has lasted 24 years ahead of the huge Orion update

Ancient star collisions could explain mysterious Little Red Dots and 'impossible' black holes

Would you risk your health to visit Mars?