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What Is a Blue Moon?

November 15, 2018 | Reference

A Blue Moon is not typically blue, but it can be.
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A Used SpaceX Rocket Just Launched a Satellite for Qatar, Then Aced a Landing

November 15, 2018 | Article

A Falcon 9 rocket with a pre-flown first stage successfully launched the Es'hail-2 communications satellite today (Nov. 15). And the first stage aced its landing, touching down on a SpaceX "droneship" off the Florida coast.
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In Photos: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Es'hail-2 Satellite, Then Lands Back on Earth

November 15, 2018 | Image Album

On Nov. 15, 2018, SpaceX launched a used Falcon 9 rocket carrying a satellite for Qatar, then returned the booster's first stage to Earth for a pinpoint landing. See photos from the awesome launch here!
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NASA, Northrop Grumman Postpone Space Station Cargo Ship Launch to Saturday

November 15, 2018 | Article

NASA and Northrop Grumman have postponed the launch of an Antares rocket carrying fresh supplies for the International Space Station for 24 hours due to bad weather. The launch will now lift off early Saturday, Nov. 17, NASA officials said.
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Superbrilliant Galaxy Got Its Energy by Gobbling Up Its Neighbors

November 15, 2018 | Article

The most luminous galaxy known appears to have devoured three smaller galaxies at the same time, revealing details about why it shone so brightly.
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Watch SpaceX Launch a Satellite and Land a Rocket Today!

November 15, 2018 | Article

SpaceX plans to launch a communications satellite and land a rocket today (Nov. 15) at 3:46 p.m. EST (2046 GMT), and you can catch all the action live.
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Epic Crash of Neutron Stars Creates 'Hypermassive Magnetar'

November 15, 2018 | Article

The historic neutron-star crash that astronomers observed last year generated a hypermassive, supermagnetic neutron star, a recent study suggests.
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Voyager 2 Creeps Closer to the Edge of the Solar System

November 15, 2018 | Article

Going, going — nope, it's still just going, NASA says of its Voyager 2 probe, which the agency realized was approaching the edge of the solar system back in early October.
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How Satellites Are Tracking Devastation of California Wildfires from Space

November 15, 2018 | Article

The late-season Camp wildfire is still raging across Northern California, but firefighters are gradually corralling the Woolsey Fire, which has burned swaths of Southern California.
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Image of the Day

November 15, 2018 | Image Album

Smoke continues to billow from northern California as the deadly Camp Fire rages on. The wildfire has grown to 125,000 acres in size since it began one week ago today, and it has become the most destructive fire in California history.

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