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SALT LAKE CITY — It's a bird... it's a plane... it's Starlink! A string of lights was spotted moving across Utah's night sky on Wednesday. According to Patrick Wiggins, a NASA solar systems ambassador in the state, what Utahns saw was a series of 60 Starlink satellites, which were launched Tuesday. The 60 Starlink satellites were launched at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. According to a SpaceX press release, the release of the satellites was the ninth launch and landing of this "Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Telstar 18 VANTAGE, Iridium-8, and six Starlink mis...

The spotlights will remain dark at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema location in New Braunfels, as company officials announced Wednesday that the theater’s temporary closure will now become permanent. The Austin-based dine-in theater chain made the announcement online Wednesday morning, citing the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “Last March, we temporarily closed Marketplace along with every other Alamo Drafthouse location,” a post on the theater’s website said. “Nearly a year later, we’re incredibly sad to tell you that because of the ongoing impact of COV...

OUTER SPACE — As the dust of 2020 settles, we may find ourselves asking, what's next? While we never know what Jumanji has in store, one thing is sure: check "Doomsday Asteroid" off the list. Asteroid Apophis is going to be a cinch. On Friday, an asteroid known by its threatening nickname Apophis will harmlessly fly within about 10 million miles of Earth. The near-Earth object, or NEO, will continue on its path around the sun, on a path which space.com said has been unnoticed by humans for millennia. In eight years, though, we will have cause to take notice when Apophis and Earth again meet...