SpaceX launches rescue mission for two NASA astronauts who are stuck at the International Space Station until next year

SpaceX mechanical arms successfully catch mega Starship rocket booster at landing pad

SpaceX mechanical arms successfully catch mega Starship rocket booster at landing pad

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In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. A jubilant Elon…

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AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google’s California headquarters to celebrate. Hinton doesn’t work at Google…

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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper…

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Climate change gave significant boost to Milton's destructive rain, winds, scientists say

Climate change gave significant boost to Milton’s destructive rain, winds, scientists say

Human-caused climate change intensified deadly Hurricane Milton ‘s rainfall by 20 to 30% and strengthened its winds by about 10%, scientists said in a new flash study. The analysis comes…

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What's behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal

What’s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal

Another in a series of unusually strong solar storms hitting Earth produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal, including into parts of Germany,…

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Here's what has made Hurricane Milton so fierce and unusual

Here’s what has made Hurricane Milton so fierce and unusual

With its mighty strength and its dangerous path, Hurricane Milton powered into a very rare threat flirting with experts’ worst fears. Warm water fueled amazingly rapid intensification that took Milton…

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Twins born conjoined celebrate 1st birthday after separation surgery

Twins born conjoined celebrate 1st birthday after separation surgery

PHILADELPHIA — Twin brothers who were born conjoined recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful separation surgery. Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via…

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Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes

Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes, space weather forecasters…

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SpaceX launches rescue mission for two NASA astronauts who are stuck at the International Space Station until next year

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for work on proteins

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for work on proteins

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