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It's been a busy day in our newsroom as we had not one but two launches today: Blue Origin's 35th New Shepard rocket and Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft's docking at the International Space Station. Both happened without any issues and you and read more about these on our website.
Other headlines for today include Ukraine destroying a giant radio telescope that was used by the Russian military, NASA announcing that it's now found over 6,000 exoplanets and Apple TV+'s 'Foundation' gets another season.
We have all that and more for your daily read.
Thanks for exploring with us.
Keep looking up,
Kenna
Content Manager, Space.com
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