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SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)

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A giant silver SpaceX rocket launches on Flight 8 from a Texas seaside launch pad

Starship’s eighth flight was a lot like its seventh. SpaceX launched the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket today (March 6), sending the 403-foot-tall (123 meters) vehicle aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas at 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT; 5:30 p.m. local Texas time). Seven minutes later, Starship’s huge first-stage booster, known … Read more

James Webb Space Telescope catches monster black hole napping after ‘overeating’ in the early universe

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Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day. New research has shown that, billions of years ago, some early black holes also had to nap after overindulging. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers spotted a dormant supermassive black hole that existed just … Read more