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Eutelsat accuses Iran of jamming 2 Persian-language broadcast satellites

Submit on Saturday, October 8th, 2022 03:11

Leading satellite operator Eutelsat has accused the Islamic Republic of Iran of jamming two of its satellites used to broadcast television and radio from outside the country.

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Massive Mars dust storm threatens NASA’s InSight lander

Submit on Saturday, October 8th, 2022 02:11

Scientists have acknowledged for months that the mission’s end was near, and now, a continent-size dust storm is darkening the Martian skies, further impacting power production.

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Juno photos reveal more stunning glimpses of Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa

Submit on Saturday, October 8th, 2022 02:11

Fabulous portraits of Jupiter’s mysterious icy moon Europa captured by NASA’s Juno mission reveals the moon, which may possibly harbor life, in unexpected colors.

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Rare dark-streaked meteorites may come from a ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid

Submit on Saturday, October 8th, 2022 00:11

Strange, dark-veined meteorites rained down on Earth when a fireball exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013.

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Watch Rocket Lab launch a satellite for wildlife tracking and more today (Oct. 7)

Submit on Friday, October 7th, 2022 23:11

The Rocket Lab mission, nicknamed “It Argos Up From Here” will lift off at Friday (Oct. 7) at 1:09 p.m. EDT.

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‘Cannibal’ stars have shortest known orbit of all binary systems

Submit on Friday, October 7th, 2022 23:11

The stars are so close that the white dwarf can steal matter from its companion, and this matter piles up and explodes on the white dwarf’s surface.

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For the 1st time, Mars robots found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves

Submit on Friday, October 7th, 2022 22:11

In new research, we used data from InSight to detect and locate four high-speed meteoroid collisions, and then tracked down the resulting craters.

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Catch the best views of Mercury at its highest in the sky on Saturday (Oct. 8)

Submit on Friday, October 7th, 2022 22:11

Mercury will appear brighter in the sky over the coming weeks. At dawn on Saturday, Oct. 8, skywatchers in the northern hemisphere can see Mercury at its farthest from the sunrise.

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