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The winter solstice is on Monday. A planetary scientist's simple animation...
Summary List PlacementThe winter solstice came on Monday at 5:02 a.m. ET.The shortest day of the year heralds the arrival of winter; after this, days finally start getting longer in the northern...
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Photos reveal Jupiter and Saturn aligned in the sky as a 'Christmas star'...
Summary List PlacementOn the eve of the winter solstice, Jupiter and Saturn seemed to touch in the night sky.The last time the two planets looked this close from Earth's vantage point was nearly 800...
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The FAA released SpaceX's rough plan to fly Starship rockets to orbit from...
Summary List PlacementNew information released this week by the FAA notes how SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, hopes to further expand its private rocket facility in Texas — and that...
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Zero-gravity cookies and Santa space suits: Here's what it's like to spend...
Summary List PlacementNo one likes spending Christmas at work — but sometimes there's just no getting out of it. For example, if you are stationed in orbit 250 miles above the planet.But despite being...
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2020 as seen from space: Satellite images reveal wildfires, oil spills,...
Summary List PlacementAnybody can see that it's been a difficult and eventful year. That's even evident to the satellites orbiting our planet.With each new disaster of 2020 — record-breaking fires,...
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SpaceX's Starlink satellite-internet service provides rapid speeds of 175...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX's Starlink satellite-internet service gives users rapid speeds reaching 175 Mbps even in high-speed winds, deep snow, and freezing temperatures.Elon Musk's aerospace...
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Here's how many millions of users Starlink may need to break even if it loses...
Summary List PlacementEvery few weeks, SpaceX deploys dozens of Starlink satellites into orbit, moving ever closer to realizing its planned fleet of thousands, and perhaps tens of thousands, of the...
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SpaceX's Starlink internet public beta is giving some users blistering...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX tried to lower expectations when it launched its Starlink satellite internet beta on October 26 — but some users say they're already hitting download speeds of more than...
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Viasat says Elon Musk criticized an executive 'not involved' in the company's...
Summary List PlacementOn Tuesday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk lashed out against a sharp criticism of Starlink — SpaceX's planned fleet of nearly 12,000 internet-beaming satellites — filed by rival...
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2021 in space: This year will bring Mars landings, eclipses, and even more...
Summary List PlacementHuman spaceflight changed forever in May, when SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley toward the International Space Station.It...
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NASA shared some interstellar fireworks to bring 2020 to an end. The Orion...
Summary List PlacementNASA decided to share some interstellar fireworks to end an unforgettable year.The agency posts an "image of the day," every day, and the final image of 2020 did not disappoint.A...
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The space industry will grow by over $1 trillion in the next decade, says...
Summary List PlacementInvesting in space can seem like a million miles away for most investors with the majority of pure play space organizations remaining private. However, over the years the space...
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A Harvard professor has claimed in his new book that alien debris passed near...
Summary List PlacementAn extraterrestrial object skimmed through space close to Earth in 2017, wrote a Harvard University astronomer, Avi Loeb, in a book to be published this month. It was the first...
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Shooting stars beckon in the New Year this weekend. Here's how to spot the...
Summary List PlacementAfter a harrowing 2020, we all deserve a heavenly spectacle to welcome the New Year. The Quadrantids meteor shower has just the right display in store.The meteor shower peaks on...
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MONEY FOR MARS: Inside SpaceX's quest to make Starlink the world's top...
Summary List PlacementSpaceX, the aerospace company founded by tech mogul Elon Musk, wants to get you online anywhere in the world — and with broadband-like speeds — using Starlink, a next-generation...
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A private astronaut explains how Axiom plans to replace the International...
Summary List PlacementAfter 20 years of continual human habitation, the International Space Station — a football field-size laboratory that zips around Earth a more than 17,000 mph — is at a...
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Elon Musk, now the world's richest person, is selling all his possessions so...
Summary List PlacementElon Musk, crowned the world's richest person on Thursday, has grand plans for spending his roughly $188 billion net worth. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO aims to dedicate as much money...
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A private astronaut explains why his next flight — likely with Tom Cruise —...
Summary List PlacementThis year, a private company may charter a private spaceship, fill it up with private passengers, and fly it to orbit in the hands of a private astronaut.The expedition is poised...
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Despite how it may have felt, 2020 was shorter than previous years — Earth is...
Summary List PlacementAs it turns out, 2020 was shorter than previous years – even though it didn't always feel that way. The 28 fastest days on record since 1960 all happened last year, since Earth...
View ArticleWhat if humans tried landing on the sun?
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: Right now, NASA is exploring the sun like never before. In 2018, it launched the Parker Solar Probe, which is swooping to within...
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