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The U.S. will be holding mid-term elections on November 3, to elect the people’s representatives to enact laws, provide oversight and represent the people. In sharp contrast, China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) announced that it formally expelled 33 senior political and military officials, in line with President Xi Jinping’s anticorruptionContinue Reading

On this day in space! Nov. 5, 2002: NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flies by Jupiter moon Amalthea only to find it’s a ‘pile of icy rubble less dense than water’

On Nov. 5, 2002, NASA’s old Galileo spacecraft was almost out of fuel. But the Jupiter mission still had some science to do. Galileo flew by a small moon called Amalthea. Amalthea is small, but it’s interesting for scientists. The Jupiter moon Amalthea is the reddest object in our solar system. It also generates moreContinue Reading