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Archive for December 5th, 2024

How ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ uses Spielberg magic to capture the spirit of the original trilogy

December 5th, 2024 by

It looks like Amblin-style adventures and galaxies far, far away were made for each other.

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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ season 5 episode 8 flips the script and visits the ‘Upper Decks’

December 5th, 2024 by

It’s time for Captain Freeman and the rest of the command crew to take center stage.

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Satellites find likely cause of mysterious African elephant deaths in 2020

December 5th, 2024 by

The staggering deaths of over 300 African elephants in early 2020 was most likely due to toxins in water proliferated to exceptional levels by climate extremes, according to a fresh analysis of decade’s worth of satellite data.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Sirius XM radio satellite this morning

December 5th, 2024 by

SpaceX is set to launch the next satellite for SiriusXM on Dec. 5, adding the SXM-9 spacecraft to the company’s digital radio broadcasting fleet.

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Trump may cancel NASA’s powerful SLS moon rocket – here’s what that would mean for Elon Musk and the future of space travel

December 5th, 2024 by

Since Donald Trump’s recent electoral victory, rumors and speculation have circulated that NASA’s giant moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), could be under threat.

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‘It’s like taking a picture of lightning’: How astronomers raced to track the smallest asteroid ever seen

December 5th, 2024 by

A tiny asteroid measuring some 27 inches (70 cm) wide was detected on a collision course with Earth above Siberia. It is expected to burn up harmlessly on the morning of Dec. 3, 2024.

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Here’s how SpaceX’s 6th Starship megarocket launch looked from the ISS (video)

December 5th, 2024 by

Cameras on the International Space Station captured the sixth-ever test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket on Nov. 19, as a new video shows.

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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites to orbit from California

December 5th, 2024 by

SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California on Wednesday (Dec. 4).

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