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Powerful GOES-U weather satellite launches to orbit atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (video)

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Powerful GOES-U weather satellite launches to orbit atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (video)

Space.com June 26, 2024

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A next-gen weather satellite has left its home planet behind. After concerns the...

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SpaceX unveils new Starlink Mini antenna for internet users on the go

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SpaceX unveils new Starlink Mini antenna for internet users on the go

Space.com June 26, 2024

SpaceX just announced a new version of its Starlink satellite internet antenna that’s small enough to fit...

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Satellite megaconstellations threaten ozone layer recovery, study confirms

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Satellite megaconstellations threaten ozone layer recovery, study confirms

Space.com June 26, 2024

Concentrations of ozone-damaging aluminum oxides in Earth’s atmosphere could increase by 650% in the coming decades due...

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Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket on track for long-awaited 1st launch on July 9

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Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket on track for long-awaited 1st launch on July 9

Space.com June 26, 2024

Following its wet-dress rehearsal on the launch pad in French Guiana, Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket is...

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Powerful GOES-U weather satellite cleared for launch today on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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Powerful GOES-U weather satellite cleared for launch today on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

Space.com June 25, 2024

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The green lights continue to shine leading up to the launch of a...

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China returns samples from the moon’s far side in historic 1st (video)

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China returns samples from the moon’s far side in historic 1st (video)

Space.com June 25, 2024

China has made spaceflight history yet again. The nation’s robotic Chang’e 6 mission returned material from the...

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This impossibly massive black hole wasn’t very hungry during the dawn of time

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This impossibly massive black hole wasn’t very hungry during the dawn of time

Space.com June 25, 2024

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole at “cosmic dawn”...

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SpaceX rolls Falcon Heavy rocket out to pad for GOES-U weather satellite launch (photos)

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SpaceX rolls Falcon Heavy rocket out to pad for GOES-U weather satellite launch (photos)

Space.com June 25, 2024

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is poised for its 10th-ever liftoff. SpaceX rolled the Falcon Heavy and its...

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NASA confirms space debris in North Carolina was from SpaceX Crew Dragon reentry

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NASA confirms space debris in North Carolina was from SpaceX Crew Dragon reentry

Space.com June 25, 2024

NASA has confirmed that pieces of debris found throughout the mountains of North Carolina are the remnants...

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‘Physics itself disappears’: How theoretical physicist Thomas Hertog helped Stephen Hawking produce his final, most radical theory of everything

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‘Physics itself disappears’: How theoretical physicist Thomas Hertog helped Stephen Hawking produce his final, most radical theory of everything

Space.com June 25, 2024

In 2002, Thomas Hertog, then a theoretical physics graduate student, stepped inside Stephen Hawking’s office at the...

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