US-Based Startup Faces Backlash For Testing Nighttime Sunlight: "Idiotic Project"
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"US-Based Startup Faces Backlash For Testing Nighttime Sunlight: "Idiotic Project"" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 2 articles from 2 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Futurism and Metro.co.uk. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (2)
- Unannounced Test by Controversial “Sunlight-as-a-Service” Space Startup Shocks Astronomers Futurism · 17d ago
- Mysterious 'blinding lights' are leaving a small town absolutely baffled Metro.co.uk · 17d ago
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