space
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New Horizons Scientists Double Down On ‘Ultima Thule’ Nickname Despite Nazi Associations
The excitement around NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft arriving at its latest target, an oddly shaped object called (486958) 2014 MU69, has dredged up a fact that often goes unstated—the object’s nickname, “Ultima Thule,” carries links to Nazism.
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‘Super Blood Wolf Moon?’ Now We’re Just Making Stuff Up
I read the phrase “super blood wolf moon” for the first time today and wish I’d never logged on.
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Report: ISS Hole Drilled From The Inside, Cosmonaut Says
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev said that the mysterious hole in a Soyuz capsule docked to the International Space Station was drilled from the inside, according to the Associated Press.
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FCC Fines Swarm Technologies $900,000 For Launching Illegal Satellites Into Orbit
As it turns out, if the U.S. Federal Communications Commission asks you not to do something, you should probably not do that thing—particularly when it comes to launching to unapproved satellites into orbit.