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Cable TV companies required to give direct pricing totals, FCC rules

Business
Jessica Roberts

Cable and satellite-TV providers will need to show the total costs for video subscriptions as part of a Federal Communications Commission effort ...

Doing the impossible: harvesting solar power from space

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

It’s an idea straight out of science fiction: A space station orbits around Earth, harvesting energy from the sun and beaming it ...

Big, dead satellite’s crash was a space-junk wakeup call, experts say

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

There is some interesting residual fallout from the recent nosedive to Earth of the European Remote Sensing satellite, or ERS-2. Following its ...

Bizarre Virus-like ‘Obelisks’ Found in Human Mouths and Guts

Health
Rachel Carter

Our mouths and guts are teeming with mysterious somethings that are unknown to science, new research suggests. A team says they’ve discovered ...

Agreement reached after 6-week blackout

Business
Jessica Roberts

DirecTV and Tegna have ended their standoff. The TV provider and the media company announced a new multi-year distribution agreement on Saturday, ...

China’s Spaceplane Just Released Six Mysterious Objects in Orbit

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

China’s Shenlong robotic spaceplane, on its third mission, has added a new layer of intrigue to its space activities by deploying six ...

Airbus Launches Device to Prevent Dead Satellites from Tumbling

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

An illustration of space debris littering Earth orbit.Illustration: ESA Earth’s orbit can be a chaotic place, with defunct spacecraft darting aimlessly across ...

Qualcomm’s satellite texting plan is dead because phone makers aren’t interested

Technology
Michael Johnson

Back in January, Qualcomm announced , a project that aimed to let Android users send texts via satellite when they don’t have ...

Vampiric Viruses ‘Bite’ Other Viruses for Survival

Health
Rachel Carter

Viruses are somehow even weirder than we thought. In a recent study published last month, scientists say they’ve discovered two new viruses ...