Astronomy
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ZHR Forecast: Thirty Meteors an Hour Over Next Twenty-Four Hours
ISLAMABAD, July 21 — The zenithal hourly rate, or ZHR, is a standard astronomical measure that helps scientists…
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Ion Thrusters From Dawn to the X3: How They Work and Where They Fall Short
WASHINGTON, July 20 — The ion thruster, a form of electric propulsion for spacecraft, has quietly become a…
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SpaceX Rocket Stage Set to Hit Moon Aug. 5 as Scientists Prepare to Watch
WASHINGTON, July 20 — What began as a routine launch seven years ago now ends with a quiet…
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ESO study warns satellite fleets in the millions could cripple ground-based astronomy
WASHINGTON, July 16 — By nightfall tonight, a new pinprick of light will begin tracking across the American…
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SpaceX’s Controlled Deorbit Burns Satellites in Atmosphere
LOS ANGELES, July 7 — The sky above the Pacific is, by nightfall, a graveyard for satellites. On…
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Megaconstellations Push Satellites to Process Data in Orbit, Frontgrade CTO Says
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 16 — The night sky is getting crowded. For the families in rural communities who…
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Von Braun’s 1969 plan to send humans to Mars and why it was dropped
HUNTSVILLE, July 15 — Against this backdrop of renewed transatlantic debate over the legacy of Nazi-era scientists who…
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Starlink made 148,696 collision-avoidance maneuvers in six months as orbital debris grows
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif., July 14 — The figure that matters: 47,000. That is the number of…
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FCC approves Reflect Orbital’s Earendil-1 sunlight mirror satellite over astronomers’ objections
MOSCOW, July 14 — A private American company is preparing to launch a satellite that will deploy a…
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Warwick team finds 25 uncatalogued debris tracks in geosynchronous orbit
TUCSON, July 14 — A newly discovered swarm of space debris in geosynchronous orbit poses a collision risk…
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Warwick team finds 25 faint debris objects in geosynchronous orbit
ISLAMABAD, July 14 — For millions of people around the world, the ability to make a phone call,…
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What Comes Next: Searching for More Complex Sugars in Space
ISLAMABAD, July 13 — The search for the chemical origins of life has moved deeper into space, with…
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Warwick-Led Team Finds 25 Faint Debris Fragments Missing From Public Catalogs
TUCSON, July 14 — A decades-old asteroid-hunting telescope has quietly exposed a blind spot in humanity’s ability to…
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Blue Origin Seeks $10 Billion at $130 Billion Valuation, Its First Outside Funding
SEATTLE, July 14 — The man who reshaped global commerce now has his eyes fixed on the stars.…
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Astronomers detect erythrulose, the first true sugar found in interstellar space
COPENHAGEN, July 13 — A Danish astronomer has been formally recognized for a discovery that reshaped the field…
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Ultra-Black Coating on Satellites Could Set New Brightness Standard
WASHINGTON, July 6 — A new ultra-black coating that reflects just 2 percent of light is emerging as…
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China Merges Its Lunar Programs as It Pushes for a Crewed Moon Landing by 2030
BEIJING, July 10 — The story of China’s push to the moon is, at its heart, a story…
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How the Sun’s Magnetic Bubble Interacts with Interstellar Space
MANILA, July 9 — The outermost boundary of our Sun’s influence, a vast and shifting frontier in space…
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Alan Stern Leads New Horizons to Solar System’s Edge
BOULDER, July 9 — The strategic calculus behind NASA’s most audacious outer solar system missions has a single,…
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Painting Satellites Black: Surrey’s Vantablack Answer to a Crowded Night Sky
ISLAMABAD, July 6 — Satellite constellations promise to connect the world’s most remote communities to the internet, but…
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From Memory Foam to Cordless Drills: NASA Inventions in Everyday Life
WASHINGTON, July 8 — When astronauts on the Apollo missions needed to drill moon rocks, they used a…
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Satellite Megaconstellations Add High-Altitude Air Pollution, UCL Researcher Warns
ISLAMABAD, July 8 — (InfoPulse Today) For a man who once sold a start-up mapping service for city…
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SpaceX Brought Down 260 Starlink Satellites in Six Months, FCC Report Shows
HAWTHORNE, California, July 8 — When a Starlink satellite’s job is done, it does not drift as space…
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SpaceX Deorbited 260 Starlink Satellites in Six Months, and Scientists Weigh Ozone Risk
SINGAPORE, July 7 — When a satellite finishes its job, the responsible thing is to take it out…
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