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• SpaceX launching 20 Starlink internet satellites from Florida tonight

  18-10-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch 20 more of its Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from Florida tonight (Oct. 18).
  
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• SpaceX launches 20 Starlink internet satellites from Florida (video)

  18-10-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from Florida tonight (Oct. 18).
  
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• SpaceX launches 20 Starlink internet satellites from Florida

  18-10-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from Florida tonight (Oct. 18).
  
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• 19 Oct 2024 (23 hours away): Close approach of the Moon and M45

  18-10-2024 22:45 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and M45 pass close to each other.
  
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• 'Alien: Isolation' is finally getting a sequel, developer confirms

  18-10-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  A full decade later, Sega and Creative Assembly are returning to the Alien universe with Alien: Isolation 2.
  
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• 'Killer electrons' play pinball with space weather around Earth

  18-10-2024 21:01 via space.com
  
  "Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet.
  
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• Watch Millie Bobby Brown battle alongside robots in 1st trailer for Netflix sci-fi film 'The Electric State' (video)

  18-10-2024 19:30 via space.com
  
  Netflix released its first trailer for its upcoming big-budget sci-fi fantasy film, "The Electric State."
  
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• Like Wall-E, this lovable trash compactor will help ISS astronauts take out the garbage (photo)

  18-10-2024 19:00 via space.com
  
  Garbage is a growing problem for astronaut missions on the ISS. As NASA seeks to send people to the moon later this decade, Sierra Space is ready to test a trash compactor on the ISS in 2026.
  
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• Full-size mock space shuttle makes first move towards Downey display

  18-10-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration."
  
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• Europe makes moves to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029

  18-10-2024 17:00 via space.com
  
  The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029.
  
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• Hunter's Moon supermoon 2024 puts on a frightfully good show for skywatchers around the world (photos)

  18-10-2024 16:33 via space.com
  
  The Hunter's Moon rose on Thursday (Oct. 17), becoming the biggest and brightest full moon of the year and wowing skywatchers around the globe with a spooky pre-Halloween show.
  
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• Astrophotographer snaps spectacular view of annular solar eclipse from Easter Island (photo)

  18-10-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  An astrophotographer who visited Easter Island for the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024, shared a stunning view of the "ring of fire."
  
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• Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to see bits of Halley's comet burn up in the night sky

  18-10-2024 14:59 via space.com
  
  The Orionid meteor shower 2024 reaches its peak in the pre-dawn hours on Monday, Oct. 21, but this year a bright moon could make it difficult to see these shooting stars.
  
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• SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent

  18-10-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  A new search for extraterrestrial radio signals during planetary occultations in the TRAPPIST-1 system provides a promising new strategy for hunting for extraterrestrial life.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (5 days away): Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) passes perigee

  18-10-2024 07:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) makes its closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 18 Oct 2024 (5 days ago): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2024

  18-10-2024 07:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 18 Oct 2024 (4 days ago): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2024

  18-10-2024 07:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 18 Oct 2024 (3 days ago): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2024

  18-10-2024 07:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 18 Oct 2024 (2 days ago): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2024

  18-10-2024 07:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 21 Oct 2024 (3 days away): Orionid meteor shower 2024

  18-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 21 Oct 2024 (3 days away): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  18-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua amongst others.
  
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• 21 Oct 2024 (3 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  18-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°48'.
  
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• 21 Oct 2024 (3 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

  18-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other.
  
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• 19 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): Close approach of the Moon and M45

  18-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and M45 pass close to each other.
  
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• 18 Oct 2024 (Today): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2024

  18-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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