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It would be ideal if satellites in a massive communications constellation didn't just spontaneously explode, but here we are. SpaceX announced that one of its Starlink satellites "experienced an ...

The Elon Musk-led firm said its broadband-beaming asset vented its propulsion tank and saw its orbit decay rapidly, releasing a “small number of trackable low relative velocity objects” — seemingly a ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

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An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...

Sublime ended with the untimely passing of lead singer Bradley Nowell in 1996. Surviving members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh carried on together, though, most notably with Long Beach Dub Allstars and ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fifty years ago, in a small San Francisco office above a fast-food restaurant, a ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...

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Liverpool, N.Y. - A student at Liverpool Elementary School accidentally exploded a pepper spray ball in a classroom on Tuesday morning. The fourth grader found a Byrna pepper ball in his yard while ...