NASA’s latest and greatest Mars lander will touch down on the red planet Monday

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NASA’s InSight lander has been hurtling through the solar system for over seven months. Now its time has come. 

InSight is set to land on Mars.

InSight — sent to observe Martian earthquakes and study the planet’s ancient interior — is expected to land in a flat, barren plain on Mars on Monday at around 3 p.m. ET. 

Plummeting down to Mars is always perilous, so NASA mission controllers — and InSight’s adoring public — will anxiously await the landing results back on Earth.

An artist's conception of the Mars' InSight lander.

An artist’s conception of the Mars’ InSight lander.

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NASA’s choice of landing site, called Elysium Planitia, will give the stationary lander a flat place to deploy its seismometers and drill into the frozen ground.  Read more…

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Learn a new skill for less than $25 during this Cyber Monday sale

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The holiday shopping season can feel as tired and drawn-out as “The 12 Days of Christmas,” what with all of the ads and deals you’ve been inundated with since practically the end of October. But if there’s a single sale that rises above the rest like a partridge atop a pear tree, it’s the sale on online classes that just began in the Mashable Shop. 

Read on to see which courses are available at massive discounts, and to find out how you can save an extra 20% on your purchase through Cyber Monday.

1. This DJing course

What does it take to mix a set that people actually want to listen to? Step into the booth and find out with DJ Courses Online, a set of 12 classes that walks you through the ins and outs of music production and offers expert tips to kickstart your DJ career. Read more…

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Score Cyber Monday savings on 10 items that make holiday travel a breeze

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There’s no place like home for the holidays, or so it’s said. But between the jam-packed airports, flight delays, crowded roads, and fickleness of winter weather, traveling to said home might not always seem worth it. 

Still, canceling your trip isn’t really an option once you’ve got everything booked — and besides, you’ll break your mom’s heart if you tell her you can’t make it this year. (She’s making your favorite potato dumplings, after all.) 

All things considered, the best you can do is attempt to make your seasonal trip as painless as possible — an endeavor that’s as simple as picking up any of these traveler-friendly gadgets from the Mashable Shop. We’ll even give you an extra 20% off your purchase if you enter the Cyber Monday coupon code CMSAVE20 at checkout.  Read more…

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Get the iRobot Roomba 670 for $100 off at Walmart

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While some household chores can be taken care of occasionally or even on a weekly basis, vacuuming is one of those tasks that feels never finished. Probably because almost as soon as we finish, we’re back to walking all over our nice clean floor. Point being—ain’t nobody got time to constantly haul out the vacuum every time someone forgets to take their shoes off, or the cat decides to hang out in the living room. Hence why you get an iRobot Roomba 670—which is now on sale for $100 off at Walmart, thanks to an extended Black Friday sale. 

The iRobot Roomba 670 is the newest of the 600 series super-popular robot models, and the tool that’s gonna remove the hassle factor from your daily cleaning routine. Read more…

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The stunning HP Spectre x360 laptop is $500 off at Best Buy for Cyber Monday weekend — one of the best deals we’ve seen by far

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After all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals we’ve seen in the past few days, we have one thing to say: We get it. Laptops are a big deal.

However, most Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals this year weren’t more than $200 off — pretty “eh” in our opinion. 

Except for Best Buy, which is offering one laptop for an insane $500 off. And it just happens to be the HP Spectre x360 — a high-end 2-in-1 that should seriously have Apple scared.

This 15.6-inch beauty packs all of the top-of-the-line specs you’d want in a premium laptop without adding bulk or weight. It’s sturdy, light, one of the thinnest on the market, and sports chromed-out copper details — basically guaranteeing you to be the biggest badass in the room. Use it as you’d use a traditional laptop, watch movies in tent mode, or completely fold it in half for taking notes, drawing, and easy one-arm carrying. (Yes, the digital pen is included. Jackpot.) Read more…

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The 7 most dangerous gender reveal parties

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Please, do not attempt a gender reveal party without taking the proper safety precautions. Or maybe just … don’t do one at all.

The past two years have brought us multiple stories of people whose gender reveal parties have gone horribly wrong. Maybe the party started a forest fire. Maybe it caused a spectacular, deafening explosion.

Either way, they’ve been grievously dangerous. And while they’ve caused serious damage, they’ve also  brought a small, perverse amount of pleasure to those of us in the anti-gender-reveal party camp.

SEE ALSO: Meet Aaron Gouveia, the dad who defended son’s nail polish in viral Twitter thread Read more…

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Get a full year of Hulu for just 99 cents per month

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It may be getting cold, but Hulu is coming in HOT this weekend with their best offer ever— a full year of streaming for just $0.99 per month. 

I never thought I needed a nod for my sedentary winter lifestyle, but this definitely feels like one and I’m not hating it. 

For literal pocket change, you’ll be able to watch thousands of TV shows and movies, including full seasons of exclusive series like Hulu originals The Handmaid’s Tale and Difficult People, plus full seasons of classic shows like Seinfeld or South Park—all with minimal commercials. You’ll also have access to tons of hit movies, kids shows, and more. Read more…

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Watch this gymnast nail a massive backflip to set the world record

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If you want to see a stunning physical feat, cast your eyes on the above video of gymnast Ashley Watson nailing a nearly 20 foot (5.87 meter) horizontal bar backflip to set a new Guinness World Record.

SEE ALSO: Simone Biles makes gymnastics history, dresses in solidarity with sexual assault survivors

As Huffington Post notes, Watson is a member of the Great Britain gymnastics team and likes to share amusing training videos on his Instagram account. It’s there you can also find a photo of Watson with his certificate verifying that his breathtaking backflip did indeed set the world record.  Read more…

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Save over $100 on a smart electric toothbrush from Oral B as part of Walmart’s pre-Cyber Monday sale

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The quest for whiter teeth feels never-ending. “Nah, I don’t want whiter teeth,” said no one ever. 

You could get one of those laser whitening machines that Instagram bloggers shove in your face or you could keep whitening your teeth in pictures with FaceTune  — or you could just get a toothbrush that actually works.

The smart Oral-B Pro 6000 toothbrush is basically the pinnacle of electric toothbrushes — and it’s over $100 off as part of Walmart’s Cyber Monday weekend sale. That’s $89.94 for confidence and the dentist not yelling at you about your brushing habits, and that’s more than good enough for us. Read more…

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Start Cyber Monday early and save $60 on Beats Solo3 Headphones on Amazon

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We continue to find deals to be thankful for this weekend, and right now our eyes are on the Beats Solo3 Wireless headphones which are now $60 off on Amazon. Nothing like a good post-Black Friday deal to get our feet wet for Cyber Monday.

The Beats Solo3 headphones bring you the top-notch sound quality we’ve all come to know from Beats, combined with the convenience of a wire-free, long-living set of cans that are basically ideal for everyday use.

They boast a seriously impressive battery life of up to 40 hours thanks to the introduction of Apple W1 Technology—which means, yes, you can literally listen to music for almost two straight days on a single charge if you really want to. Read more…

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