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NASA’S GRAND FINALE FOR CASSINI SPACECRAFT

Space geeks everywhere are waiting with baited breath for data and imagery to be returned from the Cassini spacecraft from a place no other spacecraft has been…between Saturn and her amazing rings. We won’t know until Thursday if the mission went as planned. To protect Cassini’s antenna from ring debris, the spacecraft was turned towards Saturn leaving it unable to transmit data to Earth. Find out more about this historic “space first” in this NASA video.

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9 hours ago in Sports

Thunder star and NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s record 20-point streak ends at 141 games

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander decided it was time for his record streak of 20-point games to end. The Oklahoma City star's run of 141 consecutive regular season contests with at least 20 points ended Thursday night when he subbed himself out toward the end of a game against the Denver Nuggets.