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constellation

[kon-stuh-lay-shuhn] / ˌkɒn stəˈleɪ ʃən /




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To get a sense of the spacecraft's current direction, look toward the constellation Ophiuchus, also known as the Serpent Bearer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Wednesday’s slogan is only the starting point of LA28’s constellation of events, Merchán said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The U.S. government owns the physical Starshield satellite constellation that SpaceX operates, but that isn’t the infrastructure that Ukrainian forces are using.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Between midnight and dawn the constellation will climb higher in the sky to the south and then the south-west.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Soon a whole constellation of faces appeared, all looking down at Penelope.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

“You’d see twice as many stars in the sky,” said Hanno Rein, an associate professor at the University of Toronto who has modeled light pollution from planned satellite constellations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

“The simple idea of stars and constellations have, in recorded history, been a part of every group around the world,” Merchán said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

They show them the Moon's craters, Saturn's rings, Vega - the brightest star in the night sky - and other planets, using laser pointers to trace constellations and objects visible to the naked eye.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Low Earth-orbit satellite networks are closer to Earth than traditional constellations, making them suitable to project low-latency broadband directly to smartphones in parts of the world where cell towers are unavailable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Silas has the kind of freckles that make you want to connect the dots to form constellations and dragons and things.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden


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