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SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink broadband satellites from Florida tonight

Submit on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 05:12

SpaceX plans to launch 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Oct. 22).

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SpaceX’s Starlink internet flies on a Boeing 777 jet for the 1st time

Submit on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 05:12

SpaceX’s Starlink satellites provided internet service on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time today (Oct. 22), during a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to London.

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Fall back to Earth with Falcon 9 payload fairings in stunning new SpaceX video

Submit on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 04:12

A recent SpaceX Starlink launch featured an extra video treat: a view of the Internet satellites being revealed for future Internet service. But Starlink’s effects on astronomy still causes concern.

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See the ‘comet of the century’ light up the night sky in breathtaking photos

Submit on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 03:11

Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS proved to be photogenic as it lit up the early autumn skies of the Northern Hemisphere this month.

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Supergiant star Betelgeuse may have a ‘Betelbuddy’

Submit on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 02:11

The supergiant star Betelgeuse may have a companion star that pushes light-blocking dust out of the way, causing the irregular changes observed in the star’s brightness.

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Scientists have dated the moon’s oldest, and largest, impact site

Submit on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 01:11

The moon has been bombarded by asteroids and comets for more than 4.32 billion years.

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How does the Cosmic Web connect Taylor Swift and the last line of your ‘celestial address?’

Submit on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 00:11

A map of gravity wells or “basins of attraction” in the local universe may resemble a Taylor Swift outfit, but they define the largest structure in the universe, the last line of your cosmic address.

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud ? the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects

Submit on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 22:11

The cloud is basically a gigantic reservoir that may hold billions of icy celestial bodies. Two of those bodies will pass by Earth in the days leading up to Halloween.

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