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Here’s What Solar Eclipses Look Like on Mars
The clearly defined videos will help researchers understand Mars’ moons and the planet’s interior.
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Starlink Is De-Orbiting 100 Satellites After SpaceX Detected a Fault
A ‘common issue’ is behind SpaceX’s choice to de-orbit 100 low-earth orbit satellites, but SpaceX hasn’t described the problem.
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A Mars Rover Saw Enormous Dark Patches on the Sun, and Now They’re Visible From Earth
A striking set of gigantic sunspots, first spotted from Mars and now designated AR3576, is currently facing Earth, capturing the attention of astronomers, space enthusiasts, and concerned space weather forecasters. The cluster, nicknamed the “Martian sunspots,” was first discovered by NASA’s Perseverance rover using its MastCam in the final week of January. Since this initial…
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Pioneering Climate Satellite to Bid Farewell With Fiery Uncontrolled Return to Earth
After 13 years of slow orbital decay, a legacy satellite will finally be put out of its misery by plunging through Earth’s atmosphere where it will burn up into tiny fragments. The second European Remote Sensing satellite, ERS-2, is scheduled for an atmospheric reentry in mid-February, ending a 16-year mission that revolutionized our understanding of…