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Archive for April 3rd, 2025

Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon’s 1st big batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9

April 3rd, 2025 by me

Amazon’s first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites will lift off a week from now, if all goes according to plan.

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25 years on, Vin Diesel’s ‘Pitch Black’ still outshines every other Riddick film — and we think we know why

April 3rd, 2025 by me

As the cult classic sci-fi monster movie turns 25, we look at why it eclipses everything Vin Diesel’s antihero has done since.

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Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it

April 3rd, 2025 by me

“All together, we have a better sense of what this building-sized asteroid is like.”

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SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see ‘pure white’ Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day

April 3rd, 2025 by me

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above.

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Familiar faces return in ‘Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld’, which hits Disney+ on May the 4th (video)

April 3rd, 2025 by me

Disney has revealed its third animated Star Wars anthology series, which takes us deeper into the galaxy’s darkest corners through the eyes of two infamous bounty hunters.

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Europe’s life-hunting ExoMars rover gets new landing platform to replace canceled Russian craft

April 3rd, 2025 by me

The European Space Agency has picked Airbus to build the landing platform for the life-hunting ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028.

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ESA’s new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth’s orbital junk problem

April 3rd, 2025 by me

The European Space Agency’s new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.

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