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UChicago students building satellite for NASA to launch into orbit

  • May 30, 2024

NASA prepares for launch of PACE satellite

  • Feb 5, 2024
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iPhone 14's SOS feature leads to rescue after car plunges 300 feet

  • Dec 16, 2022

Northern Lights Illinois 2022: Aurora borealis may be visible Thursday

  • Aug 18, 2022

Spot a string of lights in sky? Here's what it may be

  • Apr 27, 2020

Lights in the sky: SpaceX satellite launch creates celestial sight

  • Nov 12, 2019

SpaceX launches 60 more internet satellites

  • Nov 11, 2019

Astronomer discovers supermassive black hole destroying a star

  • Sep 27, 2019

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NASA prepares for launch of PACE satellite

  • Feb 5, 2024
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Northern Lights Illinois 2022: Aurora borealis may be visible Thursday

  • Aug 18, 2022
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US-European 'climate guardian' satellite to monitor oceans

  • Nov 22, 2020
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Residents report seeing string of lights in sky above west suburbs, Indiana

  • Apr 27, 2020
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Spray-on Solar Cells Being Developed by College Students

  • Nov 15, 2019
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Local students develop tech to be launched into space

  • Mar 30, 2019

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Grand Bahama waterlogged in Hurricane Dorian before and after satellite photos

Next-generation satellite technology capable of penetrating cloud cover shows widespread flooding from slow-moving Hurricane Dorian.

  • Sep 3, 2019

CHICAGO PROUD: Teens' satellite to orbit earth

On April 17th, an Antares rocket takes off for the International Space Station. But the upcoming mission includes an extra payload: bundles of small student-made satellites called ThinSats.

  • Mar 30, 2019

NASA releases images of California snowpack seen from space

NASA released satellite images of the immense amounts of snow California has received from the winter storms this year.

  • Feb 15, 2019
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Rocket carrying satellite has launch scrubbed due to issues at Vandenberg Air Force Base

A rocket carrying a satellite set to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base was scrubbed Saturday night due to technical issues.

  • Dec 9, 2018
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California fires from space: NOAA satellite imagery shows Woolsey Fire, Hill Fire, Camp Fire

New satellite imagery from NOAA shows the sheer scope of the devastating wildfires burning throughout California.

  • Nov 10, 2018