In a press release on Wednesday, NASA teased "an exciting new discovery about the Moon" coming on Monday. The agency said that it would be holding a live teleconference on Monday, Oct. 28 at 1:30 a.m. EST (1730 GMT) to celebrate. Initial news coverage appeared to be centered around the fact that the event was backed by Google, Twitter, Sky Mapping and, of course, BBC.

Our Own Robot Spacecrafts Now Taking to the Moon's More Remote Regions The first spacecraft certified by NASA to send humans to the lunar surface, Orion, was just handed over to NASA engineers on the Moon for the second Moon start of 2017. https://t.co/5D86bu8as2 — NASA (@NASA) October 27, 2017 A few hours later, as many who follow NASA's newsfeeds knew, the exact time of the announcement was announced to those who have tuned in to NASA TV, including and/or those attending the "e3 conference" to participate in a webcast. So we now know when the night's event will take place—on the afternoon of Oct. 28.

The UK's ITV News Webcast of the event now begins at 3:00 p.m. UTC. You can listen in on BBC Radio 4 from 8:15 to 8:50 p.m. UTC. The BBC will primarily be broadcasting the last part of an overall 70-minute live show.

The BBC's coverage of the briefing will begin at around 9:00 p.m. UTC. The BBC will focus on taking an overall look at the Moon, working through NASA's missions, and positing to what effect the latest announcement will have on future US launch efforts by NASA's Deep Space Gateway and the new Space Launch System rocket.

It's possible you've heard Michael Phelps say he's haunted by his famous fifth failed drug test at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which had some wondering if he still works out to that day.

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Well, Phelps said late Friday in an interview with NBC Sports Network, after a season in which he remains a top-five favorite to win a fourth straight gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, that "the bid I got [for Rio] came with a lot of baggage."

Asked if there were still lingering rumors about why he tested positive, Phelps said, "Two weeks ago I spoke to Kevin [King] and he told me his side […] He said that was it. There's no more."

I guess there's that.

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