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satellites

Space debris glows and burns on re-entry over Pacific

Space

Turn satellites into sparkling fireworks to burn up space junk

Satellite debris that falls to Earth could be deadly, but pellets made of a heat-generating mixture could help them burn up safely in the atmosphere

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Space

Connecting us all: How satellites remade the world

Culture

Galileo satellite

Space

Time to make sure Europe's troubled satnav system really flies

Comment

Sprawling purple pattern showing water in Poyang Lake in China

Earth

Half surface water in some countries has been lost since 1980s

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Aerial view of houses

Space

Need your roof repaired? There’s a space-based app for that

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SpaceX launch

Space

SpaceX wants to launch more satellites than are already in orbit

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The velvet-purple coronet

Life

Hundreds more species than we thought might be endangered

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Mock-up of satellite over Earth

Space

Could plan for new ‘nation in space’ on a satellite take off?

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NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured this image from the International Space Station and posted it to social media on Sept. 28, 2014, writing,

Space

Super-dim galaxy may be one of hundreds orbiting the Milky Way

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fracking

Earth

You can see fracking's impact on Earth's surface from space

Fracking can cause the ground to rise – a change visible from space, which can now be used to predict where frack-induced quakes might strike

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Space

Why quantum satellites will make it harder for states to snoop

Insight

Technology

US Air Force wants to plasma bomb the sky using tiny satellites

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Space

No-fly zone: Exploring the uncharted layers of our atmosphere

Features

Space

China launches world's first quantum communications satellite

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