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11.21.23

It's time to Meet The Future. I'm Kevin Cirilli. The date is Nov. 21. The year is 2023. And the planet is Earth.

Originally published in iHeart.

Originally published in iHeart.

OUT: Sam Altman at OpenAI, via Axios.

IN: Sam Altman at Microsoft, via WSJ.

What’s next for SpaceX? Friday’s Starship failure to launch ended in an explosion. NATURE is the only site covering the next steps.

India deployed two fighter jets to investigate UFO siting, via Times of India.

One more thing, NASA released truly amazing photos from the Webb telescope:

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