Breaking: Google heads to outer space with latest acquisition

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Google is leaving planet Earth. The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday afternoon reported that Google has reached a deal that will see it acquire Skybox Imaging for $500 million. Discussions between the two companies had previously been reported by The Information. Skybox operates a number of satellites that it uses to capture ultra high-resolution photos of Earth, and it is believed that Google will use the satellites’ capabilities to capture Google Earth imagery of areas that were previously not accessible.

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