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Did you experience wonky broadband service recently? A broken satellite in space might have something to do with it!
An unknown event in geostationary orbit on October 19, 2024, has led to the fragmentation of the In…
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Satellite images capture the broken aftermath of the Ukrainian air force strikes on key Russian bridges to back the Kursk invasion
Ukraine's air force said back-to-back airstrikes are part of an effort to support the Kursk invasio…
Jake Epstein
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Can you name these new space trash constellations? 10 new signs highlight consequences of space garbage
Each of these ten "trash constellations" represent a different consequence of space pollution. "The…
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A secret Russian satellite has broken apart in orbit, creating a cloud of debris that could last a century
Russia kept the Kosmos 2499 satellite's mission a secret, even after its bizarre maneuvers drew att…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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North Korea wants to turn around its dismal space launch record, saying its first military spy satellite is ready for liftoff
Most of North Korea's space launches have failed, and the two satellites it's managed to send into …
Matthew Loh
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China's Mars spacecraft has photographed the entire red planet, state media says
China's space agency released sharp images, revealing Mars craters, a volcano, and a canyon that's …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A SpaceX Starlink satellite was shown erupting in flames in video footage captured after a geomagnetic storm
Astronomy group Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe posted a video to YouTube that shows a SpaceX sat…
Zahra Tayeb
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A Chinese satellite seems to have collided with a piece of a Russian rocket in March - the first big space crash in a decade
A Chinese satellite mysteriously broke apart earlier this year. A Harvard astronomer realized that …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX postpones Starlink mission due to bad weather conditions, delaying the launch of 46 internet satellites
Elon Musk's company said the delay was "due to recovery weather," and the mission will launch on Mo…
Zahra Tayeb
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Anonymous hacking group has broken into a Russian space website and leaked files belonging to its space agency Roscosmos
Cyber-criminals linked to Anonymous hacking group have broken into a website belonging to Russia's …
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A broken clamp rattled NASA's new $10 billion space telescope, risking damage just weeks before launch
NASA pushed back the James Webb Space Telescope's December launch by four days after a clamp broke …
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This satellite video shows how cargo-ship backlogs in Southern California ports surged from 0 to 100 in 2 years
Before the pandemic, the ports had never seen a backlog greater than 17 ships. Today, it has about …
Grace Kay
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Only satellites can capture the horrifying scale of the fires raging across the West Coast — here's video from space
Fast-growing wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington have forced thousands to flee their ho…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Satellite and aerial images show how a derecho destroyed 10 million acres of Iowa's corn crops
Iowa officials have estimated that at least 10 million acres of corn and soybean crops were damaged…
Michelle Mark
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India enters an elite club after scientists shoot down a low orbit satellite 300 km away in space
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed that country's scientists shot down a low orbit sate…
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Satellite images reveal Russia is rapidly building a 500-bed hospital in a field outside Moscow to handle a surge in coronavirus cases
The construction site near Moscow is very large at about 106 acres (43 hectares), according to a Ma…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites could make astronomy on Earth 'impossible' and create a space-junk nightmare, some scientists warn
"A 5% failure rate is actually better than most historical constellations, particularly for this si…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Satellite TV giants DirecTV and Dish could lose more than 1 million subscribers in total next quarter as the sector slumps
DirecTV will account for at least 75% of the satellite subscriber losses estimated for each of the …
Ashley Rodriguez
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Stark satellite images reveal the destruction wreaked on Aleppo by intense bombing
The top US military officer, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, told a Senate committee last week that he …
Christopher Woody
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A surprisingly subtle force may have broken off one of the largest icebergs ever recorded
"To me, it's an unequivocal signature of the impact of climate change on Larsen C," Eric Rignot, a …