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The UN's International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's why.

Tracking comets accurately is hard. A new effort with the U.N. and NASA aims to better chart these visitors using 3I/ATLAS.

How iRobot lost its way home

iRobot survived three decades of competition, but couldn't survive European regulators killing its Amazon buyout. Now it's being taken over by its own supplier in bankruptcy court.

Starlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week

Starlink satellites with solar arrays deployed. | Image: SpaceX A collision in space was narrowly avoided last week when a newly deployed Chinese satellite came within a few hundred meters of one of the roughly 9,000 Starlink satellites currently operating in low Earth orbit. SpaceX is laying the blame on the satellite operator for not sharing location data. "When satellite operators do not share ephemeris for their satellites, dangerously close approaches can occur in space," wrote Michael Nicolls, VP of Starlink Engineering. "A few days ago, 9 satellites were deployed from a launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwestern China. As far as we know, no coordination or deconfliction with … Read the full story at The Verge.

How the IT: Welcome to Derry Finale Brings the Movies Full Circle

How the eighth and final episode of HBO's IT prequel series connects to Andy Muschietti's IT movies.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public

A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering next year.

Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele stabbed to death in Los Angeles home: Sources

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a murder at a home that property records show belongs to director Rob Reiner.

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