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SpaceX fires up Starship rocket ahead of 4th test flight (video)

SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of 4th test flight (video) | Space Quiz! What type of star is known to erupt with fast-moving columns of highly energetic particles, called jets? | Intuitive Machines' private moon mission comes to an end

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March 26, 2024

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SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of 4th test flight (video)

(SpaceX)

SpaceX's next Starship vehicle has breathed fire ahead of its coming test flight. A 165-foot-tall (50 meters) Starship upper stage just fired up all six of its Raptor engines in a full-duration "static fire" test at SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas, the company announced today (March 25).

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Space Quiz! What type of star is known to erupt with fast-moving columns of highly energetic particles, called jets?

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Intuitive Machines' private moon mission comes to an end

(Intuitive Machines)

"Odie has permanently faded after cementing its legacy into history as the first commercial lunar lander to land on the moon."

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Total Solar Eclipse 2024

NASA is holding a total eclipse 2024 briefing - Watch live

On Tuesday (March 26), NASA is holding a briefing with representatives from scientific and transportation agencies to share valuable information about the upcoming eclipse. The webcast will begin at 10 a.m. ET (1400 GMT) and you can watch it live at Space.com

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Fake solar eclipse glasses are everywhere - are yours safe?

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Millions of people along the path of totality will be viewing the total eclipse, meaning millions of pairs of eyes will gazing up at the sun for hours as the eclipse unfolds. When it comes to solar observation, safety is paramount as viewing the sun directly and without protection can cause serious and long-term damage to your eyes.

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Skywatching

Sky-Watcher telescope deals available right now

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We've rounded up the best Sky-Watcher telescope deals the market has to offer as there are big discounts on top models.

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Spaceflight

3 spaceflyers arrive at the ISS aboard Russian Soyuz

(NASA)

Three spaceflyers have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) after a roughly two-day orbital chase. Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft docked with the ISS today (March 21) at 11:03 a.m. EDT (1503 GMT), about 50 hours after launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Science & Astronomy

Hubble Telescope witnesses a new star being born

(NASA, ESA, K. Stapelfeldt (NASA JPL), G. Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America))

Hubble spotted the infant star slicing its way out of the nebula that birthed it when it zoomed in on the youthful multi-star system FS Tau. Located 450 light years from Earth, FS Tau is part of the Taurus-Auriga region. This region of space houses a stellar nursery of dark clouds of gas and dust, or "molecular clouds," that are home to numerous newly forming protostars and young stars.

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SpaceX

SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida

(SpaceX)

SpaceX launched another batch of its broadband satellites to orbit this evening (March 25). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 7:42 p.m. EDT (2342 GMT). The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth as planned, acing its vertical landing about 8.5 minutes after liftoff on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Star Wars

'Star Wars' fan-favorite Sith returns

(Marvel Comics)

Written by veteran scribe Benjamin Percy ("Wolverine," "Ghost Rider") with interior art from Stefano Raffaele ("Darth Vader: Black, White & Red") and a main cover courtesy of Alex Maleev, Marvel's most recent "Black, White & Red" offering arrives on Apr. 25, 2024. The remaining three issues will all feature their own distinct creative teams, providing a full dark spectrum of never-told Darth Maul lore.

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