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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 144 —The great lunar armada

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 23:11

On Episode 144 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik take a look a pair of private moon missions by Firefly Aerospace and ispace that lifted off this week and so much more.

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Nikon 5×15 HG monocular review

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 22:11

The Nikon 5×15 HG monocular is tiny, but it promises the same high-quality build and lens of Nikon’s other optical devices.

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Satellites watch ‘ghost island’ solidify in the Caspian Sea before disappearing (photos)

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 21:11

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery.

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World’s largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 20:11

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world’s most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to a new renewable energy project.

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SpaceX launching 27 Starlink satellites today in 1st flight since Starship explosion

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 19:11

SpaceX is set to launch 27 of its Starlink internet satellites today (Jan. 18), just two days after a test flight of its Starship megarocket ended in an explosion.

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Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 18:11

Ashley Zelinskie’s VR artwork Twin Quasar was inspired by the iconic deep-space image from the James Webb Space Telescope that introduced a new audience to gravitational lensing.

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab to open next week after LA fires

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 06:11

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has come through the L.A. fires in one piece. It will open next week to employees who need to work on site.

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Space Force to march in Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, a 1st for the new military branch

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 04:11

On Jan. 20, the U.S. Space Force will participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, a first for the nation’s newest military branch.

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