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The satellite was seen breaking up over several states, including Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee, late Saturday,1.

An astronaut's photo taken from the International Space Station has captured a vertical cloud formation above the Arabian Peninsula.

The plan was enacted in 1994 and includes 24 million acres across federal land. It was intended to preserve mature and ...

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SpaceX launched a new round of 21 Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit, 13 of which can contact cell phones directly.