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Gloria Gaynor Will Ring in the New Year With the Perfect Song

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Most people will be happy to say goodbye to 2020 and one singer has the perfect song to send its on its way.

Gloria Gaynor will ring in the New Year in Times Square, New York by singing what could be considered an anthem for 2020.

MUSIC: “I will survive…”

The disco queen will perform her 1978 smash hit during an event to honor essential workers and their families. But with the pandemic gripping the city and the country, the event, as well as the famous Times Square ball drop will be streamed live. This will be the first time since 1907 that the ball drop will happen without a crowd cheering below in Times Square. Carmen Roberts. Fox News.

Using Science to Debunk Anti-Mask Claims

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Bill Nye the Science Guy takes to TikTok to explain why everyone should wear a mask.

Bill Nye urges everyone to please wear a mask.

He’s gone viral but in a good way. A TikTok video by TV’s Bill Nye the Science Guy becomes a social media smash with more than 15 million likes. In it he uses physics, a few props and sound effects to explain how masks work to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Here shooting down the false claim Covid can travel thorough masks. “Because viruses don’t travel by themselves. They travel in droplets of spit and snot.” As he demonstrates, “When the droplet gets into the fibers of a mask, it gets trapped. This is not that hard to understand, everybody.” And that Nye says is why we have rules about wearing a mask. Carmen Roberts. Fox News.

SpaceX Aborts Starship’s First Test Launch

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The first test flight for SpaceX’s new Starship did not go as planned.

SpaceX Starship SN8 Prototype on Launchpad in South Texas

The countdown for the test launch of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship prototype went well right up until T-minus 1.3 seconds.

 Countdown: 3, 2, 1 …

SpaceX aborted the launch from its south Texas site when it detected something abnormal with one or more of the three Raptor engines. The next test launch to send the prototype 8 miles high will depend on how long it takes to fix the problem. Whatever that is. Carmen Roberts. Fox News.

SpaceX wants to use its Starship to carry people and cargo to the moon and beyond.

Japan Brings Back Unique Asteroid Samples

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Japanese spacecraft delivers asteroid dust from 180 million miles away in space.

Hayabusa2 Swings by Earth to Deliver Asteroid Samples

After spending 6 years in space, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft swung by Earth and delivered precious samples from a distant asteroid. Pieces of dust and soil that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth. On board a capsule launched from the spacecraft are the world’s first subsurface samples from an asteroid. These came from Ryugu about 180-million miles and one year away. Hayabusa2’s work won’t end today. The spacecraft’s already on its way to another distant asteroid. A journey that will take 10 years – one way. Carmen Roberts Fox News.

2020’s Biggest Meteor Shower

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The December skies will be filled with lots of shows including the Geminid meteor shower
which starts the night of December 4.

The Geminids will peak overnight between December 13 and 14.

Look up tonight and you may see the annual Geminid meteor shower which will last through the 17th. NASA says this year’s show in space will be brighter because it coincides with a nearly new moon, making the skies even darker.

The Geminids arrives each year as the Earth plows through the debris left in the orbit of an asteroid known as Phaethon or what NASA says could actually be a burnt-out comet. For the best view find a spot away from bright city lights and then just look up. Carmen Roberts. Fox News.

You can catch another show on December 21 when Jupiter and Saturn appear so close they will seem to be “one” in the night sky. They won’t make this great conjunction again until 2080.