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What happened to China's lander on moon's far side?

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GOES-U satellite launches to orbit on SpaceX Falcon Heavy

(SpaceX)

A next-gen weather satellite has left its home planet behind.

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What happened to China's lander on moon's far side?

(CNSA)

The Chang'e 6 lander wasn't equipped with heaters to help it survive the long, cold lunar night.

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Space Quiz! What does 'GOES' in NOAA's GOES weather satellite constellation stand for?

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Watch GOES-U weather satellite float above Earth (video)

(NASA TV)

A spectacular video offers us a front-row seat as SpaceX's Falcon Heavy second stage deploys the powerful GOES-U satellite into space as Earth glows in the background.

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NASA's oldest active astronaut to make 4th trip to ISS

(NASAS)

Don Pettit, 69, will fly to the International Space Station as a part of the Roscosmos-led Soyuz MS-26 mission, which includes Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.

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Science & Astronomy

Why is mystery object Cygnus X-3 so bright?

(Alexander Mushtukov)

This X-ray binary system is like a scale model of some of the most luminous quasars in the universe.

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Satellite megaconstellations threaten ozone, study confirms

(Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory)

Within the next 30 years, concentrations of ozone-damaging aluminum oxides in the atmosphere could increase by 650%.

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SpaceX

SpaceX unveils new Starlink Mini antenna

(SpaceX)

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

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Entertainment

Dive into UFO history in 'After the Flying Saucers Came'

(Getty Images/Oxford University Press)

Greg Eghigian's illuminating 400-page book chronicles how the phenomenon began right here in America then blossomed into a global obsession over the next few decades

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