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Saturday, 24 May 2025 07:55
SpaceX sends up more Starlink satellites from California
Washington DC (UPI) May 23, 2025
SpaceX launched another batch of 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low-Earth orbit on Friday from California.
The Falcon 9 flight was delayed from Thursday night. No reason was given for the scrubbing.
The rocket lifted off 3:32 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base's Pad 4E.
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster landed on the drones

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Saturday, 24 May 2025 07:55
S.Africa moves to ease black empowerment law under Starlink pressure
Johannesburg (AFP) May 23, 2025
South Africa's government is moving towards easing its black ownership laws in the telecoms sector - a policy change that would smooth the way for Elon Musk's Starlink to enter the local market.
The directive came days after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met his US counterpart Donald Trump for tense talks on deteriorating ties between the two countries.
Telecoms companies oper

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Saturday, 24 May 2025 07:55
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
Paris (AFP) May 24, 2025
When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant planet, the rare good news raised hopes humanity could soon learn we are not alone in the universe.
But several recent studies looking into the same data have found that there is not enough evidence to support such lofty claims, with one scientist accusing the astronomers

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Saturday, 24 May 2025 06:40
After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week
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Friday, 23 May 2025 12:57
NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 22, 2025
The SWOT mission captured the flood waves, which stretched from 47 to 166 miles long, as they traveled down rivers in Montana, Texas, and Georgia.
In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by extreme rainfall and by a

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Friday, 23 May 2025 12:57
Deep mantle carbon flow influences diamond formation and craton stability
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 22, 2025
A recent study led by scientists at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIG-CAS), in collaboration with international partners, uncovers how deeply subducted carbonates reshape the Earth's mantle chemistry, influencing both diamond formation and the evolution of cratonic lithosphere.
Using high-pressure experiments that simulate depths from 250 to 66

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Friday, 23 May 2025 12:57
Citizen scientists asked to identify clouds in satellite data for climate research
London, UK (SPX) May 22, 2025
CloudCatcher, a citizen science program developed by STFC RAL Space, is inviting the public to help improve the accuracy of cloud detection in satellite imagery. The project plays a vital role in enhancing how scientists measure Earth's surface temperatures from space by verifying when clouds obstruct the satellite's view.
This latest version of CloudCatcher builds on the success of a 2020

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Friday, 23 May 2025 12:57
Microsoft AI weather forecast faster, cheaper, truer: study
Paris (AFP) May 21, 2025
Microsoft has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that beats current forecasting methods in tracking air quality, weather patterns, and climate-addled tropical storms, according to findings published Wednesday.
Dubbed Aurora, the new system - which has not been commercialised - generated 10-day weather forecasts and predicted hurricane trajectories more accurately and faster th

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Friday, 23 May 2025 13:10
Week in images: 19-23 May 2025

Week in images: 19-23 May 2025
Discover our week through the lens
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Friday, 23 May 2025 07:00
Earth from Space: Alakol, the multicoloured lake

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