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• Atlas V rocket launches Amazon's 1st 2 internet satellites to orbit (video)

  06-10-2023 20:49 via space.com
  
  The first two prototypes for Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite-internet constellation took flight today (Oct. 6), lifting off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
  
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• Hold the annular solar eclipse in your hand with new 'One Eclipse' app from Astronomers Without Borders

  06-10-2023 20:00 via space.com
  
  Celebrate the upcoming annular solar eclipse with a new app launched by Astronomers Without Borders. "One Eclipse" for iOS brings the wonders of the eclipse into the palm of your hand.
  
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• Virgin Galactic launches 1st Pakistani to space on 4th commercial spaceflight (video)

  06-10-2023 18:57 via space.com
  
  Namira Salim became the first person from Pakistan to reach space today (Oct. 6), a milestone she achieved on Virgin Galactic's 'Galactic 04' mission.
  
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• Virgin Galactic launches 1st Pakistani to space on 4th commercial spaceflight

  06-10-2023 18:57 via space.com
  
  Namira Salim became the first person from Pakistan to reach space today (Oct. 6), a milestone she achieved on Virgin Galactic's 'Galactic 04' mission.
  
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• New space-based thermometer takes Earth's temperature in unprecedented detail (photos)

  06-10-2023 18:30 via space.com
  
  The first images from a new Earth-observing satellite reveal in unprecedented detail how temperature changes on the planet's surface.
  
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• Hubble Telescope just witnessed a massive intergalactic explosion and astronomers can't explain it

  06-10-2023 18:30 via space.com
  
  The blast of light was 100 times brighter than an ordinary supernova, but it came from intergalactic space between two distant galaxies.
  
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• Watch Arianespace Vega rocket launch 12 satellites to orbit tonight

  06-10-2023 18:00 via space.com
  
  A Vega rocket will launch 12 satellites to orbit tonight (Oct. 6) on its first mission of the year, and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Spanish company PLD Space launches rocket for 1st time

  06-10-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  PLD Space launched one of its rockets for the first time ever tonight (Oct. 6), a suborbital vehicle whose performance had the Spanish company celebrating.
  
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• Spanish company launching rocket for 1st time today: Watch it live

  06-10-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  Spanish company PLD Space plans to launch one of its rockets for the first time ever today (Oct. 6), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Loki season 2 episode 1 review: A new hope for Marvel in the TV realm

  06-10-2023 16:21 via space.com
  
  Loki returns with a season premiere full of exposition and set-ups that still manages to make us care and remind us of the great times.
  
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• Here's how Artemis 2 astronauts will exercise, sleep and use the toilet on their moon mission (photos)

  06-10-2023 16:00 via space.com
  
  NASA is getting the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft built while testing key activities that astronauts will perform on their way to the moon and back.
  
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• 10 Oct 2023 (4 days away): Southern Taurid meteor shower 2023

  06-10-2023 15:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Southern Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (Yesterday): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (9 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (8 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (7 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (6 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (5 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (4 minutes ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (4 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (4 days ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (34 minutes ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (3 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (3 days ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (23 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (22 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (21 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (20 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (2 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (2 days ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (19 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (18 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (17 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (16 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (15 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (14 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (13 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (12 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (11 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (10 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (1 hour ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (38 minutes away): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 15:09 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• Mercury was shrinking for at least 3 billion years — and it still might be today

  06-10-2023 15:00 via space.com
  
  New research indicates that Mercury's thermal contraction was still occurring as recently as 300 million years ago.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (1 hour away): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 14:27 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• Deep space missions will test astronauts' mental health. Could AI companions help?

  06-10-2023 14:00 via space.com
  
  Could AI companions provide mental health support for astronauts experiencing the most unique instances of social isolation ever experienced by human beings?
  
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• 10 Oct 2023 (4 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Venus

  06-10-2023 12:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus pass close to each other.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (2 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  06-10-2023 12:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (4 days ago): October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2023

  06-10-2023 12:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The October Camelopardalid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (3 days ago): October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2023

  06-10-2023 12:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The October Camelopardalid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 06 Oct 2023 (2 days ago): October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2023

  06-10-2023 12:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The October Camelopardalid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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