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SpaceX starship SN8 explodes on landing after test flight

SpaceX’s Starship prototype has exploded while trying to land after its test launch from the company’s rocket facility in Boka Chika, Texas. A live video of Wednesday’s test showed a self-guided rocket landing following a controlled descent before disappearing into a ball of flames. Despite the disastrous end of the …

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Bad Astronomy | A sunspot seen in Super High-Ridge

Late last year, the sun began a new cycle of activity. It started slowly, but there were a handful of sunspots in early 2020. Conveniently, Daniel K. Innoye Solar Telescope (or DKIST) began operations in the same period. And when you take a 4-meter telescope to the top of the …

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