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Tereza Pultarova

The world's 1st private space telescope just spotted its 1st star. Here's what it saw.

The Mauve commercial space telescope measured ultraviolet light from one of the brightest stars in the Ursa Major constellation.

The world's first commercial space telescope has released its first measurements as it begins its journey to help track nearby stars that might host habitable exoplanets.

The suitcase-sized satellite, called Mauve, launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last November and is the first in a planned fleet of small commercial spacecraft designed to provide observing time to astronomers around the world.

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