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Australia offers astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg for space mission to International Space Station
Australian of the Year would become the first astronaut in space to qualify under the Australian flag if she embarks on the 2028 mission
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Airbnb to bar hosts from requiring guests to wash dishes or take rubbish off-site
The revised house rules apply to reservations booked from November 20. Hosts can still ask guests to put dishes in the sink and sort rubbish into indoor bins.
Astronomers discover first documented green star 280 light-years away
White dwarf WD J1330+6435 glows chartreuse after planetary debris enriches its atmosphere with sodium, changing how it absorbs light.
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