constellation
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These meteors are visible all around the world and named because they appear to originate from the constellation Perseus.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
So yes: The Rams are a constellation of stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The company’s largest segment is connectivity, a unit primarily consisting of its Starlink service, which uses a constellation of thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit to provide high-speed internet connections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is located in the constellation Aquila near Altair, one of the well-known stars that forms the Summer Triangle.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Becca held the paper up and read, "'A constellation that exists only on paper is useless.'"
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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Satellite constellations operated separately from GPS such as Europe’s Galileo, terrestrial timing systems such as enhanced LORAN, and organizations maintaining their own resilient timing system would reduce dependence on a single vulnerable source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Although satellite constellations such as Starlink and Amazon Leo have demonstrated that doing this is possible, the amount of data sent to and from space would balloon.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
“Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived. As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is generated,” Huang said at the time.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Then Golding wrote, “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“I just finished Perseus. That there is Algol—the demon star. This here is pretend outer space—or fantasy outer space—so we’re not really interested in arranging the constellations the way they usually appear.”
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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