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Scientists working with NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, an airplane observatory, made the announcement in a teleconference with reporters.

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Images quickly began to emerge with trails of Starlink satellites cutting across them – often obscuring or outshining the original astronomical targets.

Roman's observations should provide insights about the free-floating worlds and how they became wanderers in space. This helps to cut out many common sources for RFI, including mobile phones and microwave ovens. A vineyard in Canada is offering five cases of wine to anyone who can solve the mystery of who stole nearly a half-ton of grapes the day they were set to be harvested.
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First discovered in 2003, these potential free-floating planets are elusive and difficult to detect from the existing ground-based observatories. 17th Annual Photo Contest Finalists Announced. "Water is extremely critical for deep space exploration. Earth’s atmosphere creates interference than can make these small events difficult to observe.

The program's first manned mission is scheduled for 2024. She is based out of Pennsylvania.

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