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• SpaceX's Starlink internet flies on a Boeing 777 jet for the 1st time

  22-10-2024 23:59 via space.com
  
  SpaceX's Starlink satellites provided internet service on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time today (Oct. 22), during a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to London.
  
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• SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink broadband satellites from Florida tonight

  22-10-2024 23:30 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (Oct. 22).
  
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• SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink broadband satellites from Florida on Oct. 23

  22-10-2024 23:30 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday evening (Oct. 23).
  
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• Fall back to Earth with Falcon 9 payload fairings in stunning new SpaceX video

  22-10-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  A recent SpaceX Starlink launch featured an extra video treat: a view of the Internet satellites being revealed for future Internet service. But Starlink's effects on astronomy still causes concern.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (22 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

  22-10-2024 22:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°54'.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (17 hours away): Mercury at aphelion

  22-10-2024 22:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (23 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

  22-10-2024 22:18 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°54'.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (18 hours away): Mercury at aphelion

  22-10-2024 22:18 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• See the 'comet of the century' light up the night sky in breathtaking photos

  22-10-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS proved to be photogenic as it lit up the early autumn skies of the Northern Hemisphere this month.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (19 hours away): Mercury at aphelion

  22-10-2024 21:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• Supergiant star Betelgeuse may have a 'Betelbuddy'

  22-10-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  The supergiant star Betelgeuse may have a companion star that pushes light-blocking dust out of the way, causing the irregular changes observed in the star's brightness.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (20 hours away): Mercury at aphelion

  22-10-2024 20:29 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• Scientists have dated the moon's oldest, and largest, impact site

  22-10-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  The moon has been bombarded by asteroids and comets for more than 4.32 billion years.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (21 hours away): Mercury at aphelion

  22-10-2024 18:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• How does the Cosmic Web connect Taylor Swift and the last line of your 'celestial address?'

  22-10-2024 18:33 via space.com
  
  A map of gravity wells or "basins of attraction" in the local universe may resemble a Taylor Swift outfit, but they define the largest structure in the universe, the last line of your cosmic address.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (22 hours away): Mercury at aphelion

  22-10-2024 18:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that's home to countless space objects

  22-10-2024 17:07 via space.com
  
  The cloud is basically a gigantic reservoir that may hold billions of icy celestial bodies. Two of those bodies will pass by Earth in the days leading up to Halloween.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (23 hours away): Mercury at aphelion

  22-10-2024 16:53 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• Prime Video series 'Secret Level' unveils stellar vocal cast: Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves and more

  22-10-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  The jaw-dropping voice cast for "Secret Level," Prime Video's new anthology series, was announced at New York Comic Con on Oct. 19.
  
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• NASA peers into the blistering hot plasma swirling around 12 black holes

  22-10-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  Stellar-mass and supermassive black hole coronas have some similarities, and this is great news for black hole physicists.
  
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• The Pluto problem: Is it time to rethink our definition of a planet?

  22-10-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) famously demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. Things have been a bit of a mess since then — so is it time to redefine the planet?
  
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• 'NASA at a crossroads:' Budget woes, aging infrastructure and hard choices ahead

  22-10-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  The next few years are likely to be pivotal ones for NASA, according to a hard-hitting report by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
  
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• 24 Oct 2024 (2 days away): Moon at Last Quarter

  22-10-2024 01:06 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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• 24 Oct 2024 (2 days away): Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2024

  22-10-2024 01:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Leonis Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): Mercury at aphelion

  22-10-2024 01:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

  22-10-2024 01:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°54'.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) passes perigee

  22-10-2024 01:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) makes its closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 23 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  22-10-2024 01:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass close to each other.
  
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• What happens when black holes merge?

  22-10-2024 00:00 via space.com
  
  Black hole mergers are beautiful — and some of the most violent events in the cosmos. Here's how the process unfolds.
  
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