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• What's going on with Elon Musk, SpaceX's Starlink and Ukraine? Here's what we know.

  19-10-2022 22:05 via space.com
  
  It's understandable if you're a bit confused about the funding situation with SpaceX's Starlink satellite-internet service in Ukraine.
  
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• 'Andor' episode 6 dials up the tension with a heart-pounding space heist

  19-10-2022 22:00 via space.com
  
  The raid on the Aldhani Imperial base unfolds almost in real time and there are some interesting post-action developments.
  
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• SpaceX technician in coma after rocket test accident: report

  19-10-2022 21:29 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX technician suffered a head injury that placed him in a coma for two months while performing a pressure check on a rocket engine, according to reports.
  
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• Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl arrives in UK ahead of landmark orbital launch

  19-10-2022 21:00 via space.com
  
  Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl carrier plane has arrived in Cornwall in preparation for the first-ever orbital launch from the United Kingdom.
  
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• Magnificent Pillars of Creation sparkle in new James Webb Space Telescope image

  19-10-2022 20:14 via space.com
  
  The iconic Pillars of Creation sparkle with new-born stars in a photograph captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
  
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• Satellites spot gargantuan Airbus Beluga jet unloading satellite for SpaceX launch (photo)

  19-10-2022 20:00 via space.com
  
  Satellites watched as an absolutely massive Airbus Beluga aircraft unloaded a telecommunications satellite at Kennedy Space Center ahead of a planned SpaceX launch.
  
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• Join the 2022 Mars Society Convention online this week for the latest Red Planet ideas

  19-10-2022 19:19 via space.com
  
  Join a crowd of Red Planet researchers at the 2022 International Mars Society Convention, which is broadcasting some of the activities online.
  
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• There aren't actually UFOs over Ukraine, experts say

  19-10-2022 19:00 via space.com
  
  A recent report about pitch-black "phantom" UFOs in the skies over Ukraine has been discredited by Ukrainian scientists and by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
  
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• Sci-fi needs to be more like The Expanse in its casting

  19-10-2022 18:30 via space.com
  
  The infinite cosmos usually populated by a lot of straight white dudes, but The Expanse bucks the trend for the better.
  
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• Space crystals project aims to put human DNA on the moon in 2023

  19-10-2022 17:00 via space.com
  
  Space Crystals plans to land DNA-infused crystals on the moon in a commercial lunar lander.
  
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• Saturn's moons: Facts about the weird and wonderful satellites of the ringed planet

  19-10-2022 16:39 via space.com
  
  Explore all 63 of Saturn's verified moons, along with their names and discovery dates. Other moons await official confirmation of their discovery.
  
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• 1,500 supernovas offer most precise survey of dark energy and dark matter to date

  19-10-2022 16:00 via space.com
  
  Two decades' worth of observations of supernova explosions and a powerful new analysis tool has provided the most accurate accounting of dark energy and dark matter to date.
  
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• All About the Dust — Orionids and Zodiacal Light

  19-10-2022 15:30 via skyandtelescope.org
  It doesn't take much to create a spectacle when it comes to astronomical observation. Just a pinch or two of dust.
  The post All About the Dust — Orionids and Zodiacal Light appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
  
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• 'Oumuamua still puzzling scientists 5 years after discovery

  19-10-2022 15:00 via space.com
  
  Five years after spotting 'Oumuamua, the first known object from beyond our solar system passing through, scientists are still figuring out what the strange object says about planetary systems.
  
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• Interstellar object 'Oumuamua still puzzling scientists 5 years after discovery

  19-10-2022 15:00 via space.com
  
  Five years after spotting 'Oumuamua, the first known object from beyond our solar system passing through, scientists are still figuring out what the strange object says about planetary systems.
  
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• How to shoot and edit HDR images with your drone

  19-10-2022 14:00 via space.com
  
  Capture detail throughout high-contrast scenes as we show you how to shoot and edit HDR images with your drone.
  
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• On This Day In Space: Oct. 19, 2016: Europe's ExoMars mission arrives at the Red Planet

  19-10-2022 13:22 via space.com
  
  On Oct. 19, 2016, the European Space Agency's ExoMars mission arrived at Mars! See how it happened in our On This Day In Space series.
  
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• Virgin Orbit may aid NATO in Europe with 'responsive launch infrastructure'

  19-10-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  Virgin Orbit will work with Luxembourg's Directorate of Defense to map out a possible way for the company to "strengthen the resiliency of NATO and other Allies."
  
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• The Orionid meteor shower peaks Oct. 21. Here's what to expect

  19-10-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  For a few days centered on Oct. 21st each year, the Earth sweeps through a swarm of meteoroids known as the Orionids; widely scattered debris shed by the most famous of all comets, Halley's Comet.
  
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• NASA greenlights US spacewalks again after spacesuit helmet water incident

  19-10-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  NASA has approved U.S. spacewalks outside the space station again, after finding that hardware issues didn't cause the buildup of water in an astronaut's helmet during a March 2022 excursion.
  
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• NASA greenlights spacewalks again after March water incident

  19-10-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  NASA has approved spacewalks outside the space station again, after finding that hardware issues didn't cause the buildup of water in an astronaut's helmet during a March 2022 excursion.
  
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• DC Extended Universe movies ranked, worst to best

  19-10-2022 11:36 via space.com
  
  Ahead of Black Adam’s arrival, here’s our ranked list of all the DC Extended Universe movies released so far, from ill-fated crossover events to more off-beat adaptations.
  
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• 25 Oct 2022 (6 days away): New Moon

  19-10-2022 01:16 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare.
  
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• 24 Oct 2022 (5 days away): Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2022

  19-10-2022 01:16 via in-the-sky.org
  The Leonis Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 23 Oct 2022 (4 days away): Saturn ends retrograde motion

  19-10-2022 01:16 via in-the-sky.org
  Saturn returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition.
  
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• 23 Oct 2022 (4 days away): 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction

  19-10-2022 01:16 via in-the-sky.org
  136108 Haumea is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 22 Oct 2022 (3 days away): Venus at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2022 01:16 via in-the-sky.org
  Venus passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 21 Oct 2022 (2 days away): Orionid meteor shower 2022

  19-10-2022 01:16 via in-the-sky.org
  The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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