constellation
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Both showers get their names from the constellation Taurus, where their meteors appear to originate when viewed from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Russia, a spacefaring power, has long sought to develop its own satellite internet constellation for both civilian and military use.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Its web of steel connectors reads like a constellation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The meteors will appear to originate from the constellation of Orion, near the red supergiant star Betelgeuse.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Kant suggested explicitly that M31 in the constellation Andromeda was another Milky Way, composed of enormous numbers of stars, and proposed calling such objects by the evocative and haunting phrase “island universes.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
“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 position telescopes for the night's planets and constellations before guiding visitors from local homestays.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Starship's enormous payload capacity and planned rapid reuse make it well suited for ambitious projects such as lunar bases, Mars missions, and massive satellite constellations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“It pretty radically decreases the cost of building out these giant satellite constellations that China has made very clear that it wants to build out,” Bresnick said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She had a sprinkle of freckles on her face that reminded me of constellations.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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