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Starlink's Direct to Cell is open to 'any' telecom company, says SpaceX exec

Starlink exec announced a major development for its direct-to-cell service.

Android Central

China debuts $553 million spaceport with launch of new Long March-12 rocket (video)

China debuted its new launch vehicle Long March-12, delivering two experimental satellites into orbit and marking the inaugural flight from the country's first commercial spaceport.

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'We were blindsided': Fears for promised 300 jobs as Highland spaceport plan paused

Shocked locals have branded Orbex’s decision to pause work on the Sutherland spaceport “a hammer blow”.

The National (Scotland)

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Astrophotographer captures colorful portrait of the Lion Nebula in a glowing field of hydrogen gas

Gaze into the colorful remnants of a long-dead star in this image of the Veil Nebula captured by astrophotographer Miguel Claro.

Space

The water on Earth might have been delivered from space by comets billions of years ago

NASA scientists say Jupiter-family comets like 67P could have helped deliver water to Earth

The Independent UK

NASA’s stuck astronauts hit six months in space. Just two more to go

NASA's two stuck astronauts have hit the six-month mark in space

The Independent UK

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Sirius XM radio satellite (video)

SpaceX launched SiriusXM's newest satellite, the SXM-9, adding the spacecraft to the company's digital radio broadcasting fleet.

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'It's like taking a picture of lightning': How astronomers raced to track the smallest asteroid ever seen

2022 WJ1 was only the sixth asteroid to be detected prior to striking Earth, and the smallest space rock ever seen.

Space

Here's how SpaceX's 6th Starship megarocket launch looked from the ISS (video)

Cameras on the International Space Station captured the sixth-ever test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket on Nov. 19, as a new video shows.

Space

Satellites launched in bid to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses

Proba-3 is expected to create hundreds of eclipses during its two-year operation

The Independent UK

Venus probably never had an ocean: study

A new study shows Venus likely had a bleak, uninhabitable past

Salon

Elon Musk's SpaceX Completes First Starlink Satellite Constellation For Cell Phones

Elon Musk's SpaceX has completed its first Starlink satellite constellation aimed at direct-to-cell phone connectivity, making the service fully operational.

Benzinga

SpaceX completes 1st Starlink direct-to-cell constellation with launch from California (video)

SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites on Wednesday night (Dec. 4), completing its first direct-to-cell constellation.

Space

NASA will update us all on its Artemis moon landing program on Dec. 5. Here's how to watch live.

NASA is about to speak out about its plan to return astronauts to the moon, and you'll be able to watch it live on Thursday (Dec. 5).

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Spiderweb protocluster is filled with baby galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope reveals (image)

Using the JWST astronomers have dived deeper into a cosmic spiderweb called the Spiderweb protocluster located 10 billion light-years away than ever before.

Al Jazeera

Trump nominates Musk collaborator to head space agency NASA

Jared Isaacman, who made the first private spacewalk in September, is among latest picks by US-president elect.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 4th exoplanet in sweet triple 'super puff' star system

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a fourth planet in Kepler-51, a sweet system of cotton candy super puff planets.

The Guardian - US

Trump taps billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead Nasa

Aerospace defense firm founder was first civilian to walk in space and led first flight of all-private crew of astronauts

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Asteroid the size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth

A big asteroid zoomed past Earth and the moon early Dec. 4, setting it up for another close pass in 2028.

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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago

NEOWISE team members have unveiled six images from the spacecraft's archives to celebrate the late space telescope's long and productive scientific life.

Space

Why we can't just name a quasi-moon 'Moony McMoonface'

You can vote on one of seven possible names for a quasi-moon of Earth and, unfortunately, Moony McMoonface isn't on the list.

Space

See the moon and Venus take a sunset stroll through the night sky tonight

The two brightest nighttime objects, the moon and the planet Venus put on a lovely display in the western evening sky of Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Space

Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure (video)

Europe's Vega-C rocket successfully launched the Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite today (Dec. 5), bouncing back from a 2022 failure.

Evening Standard

Rocket company pauses construction of spaceport in Highlands

Orbex is delaying construction on its Sutherland spaceport to focus on launching rockets in Shetland.

The National (Scotland)

Rocket firm 'pauses' plan for spaceport in Highlands

A ROCKET manufacturer has said it will “pause” construction of a spaceport in Sutherland to focus its launch efforts in Shetland...

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