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Mysterious near-Earth asteroid Phaethon just got even weirder
New observations of the rock show its comet-like tail is not made of dust, possibly altering the origin story of the Geminid meteor shower
SpaceX’s Starship rocket blew a huge crater into the concrete launchpad during liftoff
Starship is the tallest, most powerful rocket ever built, capable of generating about 17 million pounds of thrust upon liftoff
Juice mission to Jupiter’s moons lifts off from French Guiana
Its eight-year voyage to the giant planet begins