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Archive for February 19th, 2025

Watch Rocket Lab launch sharp-eyed Earth-observation satellite today

February 19th, 2025 by me

Rocket Lab will launch a high-resolution imaging satellite for the company Blacksky this evening (Feb. 18), and you can watch the action live.

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SpaceX to land rocket off coast of The Bahamas for 1st time during Starlink launch today

February 19th, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 23 Starlink satellites today (Feb. 18) and then land in the Atlantic Ocean near The Bahamas —a first for the company.

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Imagine Dragons ‘Starfield’ video game anthem will beam to Earth from the moon

February 19th, 2025 by me

Imagine Dragons’ song ‘Children of the Sky’ will be beamed to Earth from a lunar data center as part of the private IM-2 moon mission launching as early as Feb. 26 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9.

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Exoplanet with iron rain has violent winds ‘like something out of science fiction’

February 19th, 2025 by me

Astronomers have discovered a powerful jet stream raging through the atmosphere of an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet ravaged by liquid iron rains.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds our Milky Way galaxy’s supermassive black hole blowing bubbles (image, video)

February 19th, 2025 by me

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a detailed look at the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sgr A*, finding it endlessly blowing bubbles.

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At $800 off, this powerful Nikon Z8 mirrorless camera has never been cheaper, just in time for March’s lunar eclipse

February 19th, 2025 by me

Looking for to take your astrophotography to the next level? Save up to $800 on the Nikon Z8, a powerhouse of a mirrorless camera just in time to capture March’s lunar eclipse.

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