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Why we can’t just name a quasi-moon ‘Moony McMoonface’

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• Science & Astronomy

Why we can’t just name a quasi-moon ‘Moony McMoonface’

Space.com December 4, 2024

During the summer of 2022, just after the James Webb Space Telescope started sending us a steady...

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India delays launch of European Proba-3 satellites to Dec. 5 to create artificial eclipses in space

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India delays launch of European Proba-3 satellites to Dec. 5 to create artificial eclipses in space

Space.com December 4, 2024

PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 Mission – YouTube Watch On A European mission that will use two satellites to create artificial...

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Solar maximum just knocked 3 satellites out of orbit. Here’s why more may be on the way.

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• Science & Astronomy

Solar maximum just knocked 3 satellites out of orbit. Here’s why more may be on the way.

Space.com December 4, 2024

In early November, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University’s Binar Space Program burned up in Earth’s...

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Asteroid the size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth

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• Science & Astronomy

Asteroid the size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth

Space.com December 4, 2024

Earth got a relatively close shave this morning (Dec. 4), as a sizable space rock zipped by...

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers 4th exoplanet in sweet triple ‘super puff’ star system

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• Science & Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 4th exoplanet in sweet triple ‘super puff’ star system

Space.com December 4, 2024

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a fourth world in a strange system...

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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago

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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago

Space.com December 4, 2024

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft launched to Earth orbit in 2009 and was placed in...

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Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

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Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

Space.com December 4, 2024

A billionaire tech entrepreneur and private astronaut is Donald Trump’s choice for the next NASA chief. The...

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‘Galaxy Quest’ blasts back onto our screens with 25th anniversary 4K Blu-ray release

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• Entertainment

‘Galaxy Quest’ blasts back onto our screens with 25th anniversary 4K Blu-ray release

Space.com December 4, 2024

“Activate the Omega-13!” Every so often, cosmic tumblers align and the cinematic gods bless us with a...

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India to launch European Proba-3 satellites on Dec. 5 to create artificial eclipses in space. Watch the liftoff live

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India to launch European Proba-3 satellites on Dec. 5 to create artificial eclipses in space. Watch the liftoff live

Space.com December 4, 2024

PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 Mission – YouTube Watch On A European mission that will use two satellites to create artificial...

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on record-breaking 24th flight (video)

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on record-breaking 24th flight (video)

Space.com December 4, 2024

SpaceX has just set a new rocket-reuse record. One of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets lifted off...

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