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	Science Daily update ⋅ August 8, 2020
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	Space.com SpaceX launches 57 more Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea Space.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched dozens of Starlink internet satellites and two small Earth-imaging satellites into orbit Friday (Aug. 7) in the second of what's expected to be a series of Starlink rideshare missions. A two-stage Falcon 9 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Moon may outshine Perseids this 'meteor month' Space.com Skywatchers beware: the moon will hinder attempts to observe the Perseids, typically one of the best meteor displays of the year. For Northern Hemisphere observers, August is usually regarded as "meteor month," with one of the best displays of the year ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Is our solar system shaped like a deflated croissant? Space.com Our solar system's protective bubble may not be comet-shaped after all. Scientists have traditionally posited that the heliosphere, the huge bubble of charged particles that the sun blows around itself, has a rounded leading edge, where the solar system ... Flag as irrelevant
	Spaceflight Now SpaceX closes out busy week with launch of more Starlink satellites Spaceflight Now The 59 commercial satellites took off at 1:12:05 a.m. EDT (0512:05 GMT) on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Nine ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Scientists peer inside Mars to measure layers of Red Planet Space.com Marsquakes recorded by NASA's InSight mission offer the first direct evidence of key boundaries in the Martian interior, which could help planetary scientists understand how rocky planets are formed, a new study suggests. The spacecraft landed at Elysium ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com The eerie green 'nightglow' of Mars pulses in ultraviolet light in new NASA views Space.com New images of green, pulsing ultraviolet flashes of Mars' "nightglow" are illuminating circulation patterns in the Martian atmosphere. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (MAVEN for short), has been studying Mars since it launched to orbit ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com A super speedy acid cloud has been hiding on Venus for decades Space.com Lurking just below the atmosphere of Venus is a wall of acid clouds that whip around the planet at speeds close to that of a commercial air jet on Earth. The newly discovered atmospheric "feature" looms about 31 miles (50 kilometers) below the thick cloud ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Jupiter's huge moon Ganymede may have the largest impact scar in the solar system Space.com Scientists have discovered what they believe may be the largest impact crater in the entire solar system, with scars covering a vast portion of Jupiter's biggest moon, Ganymede. The scientists behind the new research wanted to revisit observations from a host ... Flag as irrelevant
	Astronomy Magazine The Sky This Week: The Perseids peak with the Moon on display Astronomy Magazine Friday, August 7. For a few hours after sunset, Scorpius the Scorpion is visible in the southern sky. It should be easy to pick out his golden magnitude 1 heart, Antares, so named because it is easy to mistake the bright star for Mars. The star's apparent ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Poop stains visible from space reveal hidden colonies of Antarctic penguins Space.com Penguins might be good at hiding from humans, but they can't hide their poop from the giant satellites circling our planet. New imagery revealed penguin poop stains on the white blankets of the coldest continent. And those dark spots suggest that there are ... Flag as irrelevant
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