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First Lucy mission photo and more: Understand the world through 8 images

Updated: Feb. 20, 2024

Originally Published: November 11, 2021

NASA’s Lucy took its first in-flight photos this week, as a commercial astronaut crew returned to Earth...

Here are the biggest science stories of November 4–10, told in 8 stunning images.

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