This week Wes and Shawn take a look back at the 5 biggest space news stories of 2023

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This week, Wes and Shawn begin their look back at the 10 biggest space news stories of 2023

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SpaceX has delayed the a launch that would have included the X-37B spaceplane and removed it from the launchpad. The Geminid meteor shower's origin is now a mystery now that it's suspected orgin is no longer possible. Voyager 1 has lost communication with Earth again. Solar activity can impact a planet's atmosphere and the safety of train travel.

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Three different robotics missions are hoping to land on the Moon in January. The cannibal CME that hit Earth last weekend put on a dazzling light show. A new meteor shower is soon bevisible in the southern hemisphere. NASA celebrated 25 years of the ISS. Plus Frank Rubio's tomato has been found and, no, he didn't eat it.

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A cannibal CME is heading our way and could cause power and communication problems. Astronomers have discovered a solar system with planets behaving in a very mathematical way. A protoplanetary disc has been observed in a nearby galaxy. Plus, the astronauts who will be flying around the Moon next year have now signed their Artemis rocket!

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We've seen the clockbait articles, now we discuss why Saturn's rings will disappear in 2025. Plus, SpaceX had a successful Super Heavy-Starship launch of sorts on Saturday and is planning another launch by Christmas. A big sunspot is about to point itself at Earth. And let's talk about those "kissing asteroids".

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SpaceX is counting down to a second test launch for the Super Heavy. The White House is laying out rules for governing space tourism and space stations owned by private companies. And asteroid will soon occult Betelgeuse. Mars is glowing green?

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SpaceX will carry Ireland's first ever satellite to space. Starship hopes to launch again on Nov 13 but that's not officially official. JWST has detected clues about how the Earth may have formed. The Ingenuity copter on Mars is getting ready for conjunction. And astronomers are hoping to dectec gravitational waves from supernova 1987A.

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Astronauts aboard the ISS performed a spacewalk on the anniversary of the first crew to live aboard the ISS. Solar activity on the Sun is sending radiation our way. Plus, Astrobotic's Peregrine is in Florida in preparation to go to the Moon.

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Russians on the ISS are having another ammonia issue. Sun spots have decreased in volume which may mean we didn't enter solar maximum early after all. NASA will demonstrate their two-way laser communication system. Plus, Betegeuse's dimming may have now been explained.

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