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
Pakistani players during the national anthem (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Defending champions Pakistan fought hard to get hosting rights for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and made sincere efforts to make it a grand spectacle. Although India didn’t travel to Pakistan and instead opted to play their matches in Dubai, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) … Read more
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Joseph Parker will take on Martin Bakole this weekend in Saudi Arabia, and not Daniel Dubois. This is because the Londoner has picked up an illness that has ruled him out of the contest, which had thrown the whole fight into doubt. 3 Parker looked huge at the weigh-in ahead of facing BakoleCredit: GETTY But … Read more
Former Arsenal chief scout Sven Mislintat has been sacked for the second time in less than 18 months. Borussia Dortmund confirmed the news in a club statement, with Mislintat leaving his role as technical director. 3 Mislintat (left) has been sacked due to a power struggle with Mathias Sammer (right) and othersCredit: Getty Prior to … Read more
One of the largest exoplanets to be found orbiting a relatively low-mass star has been discovered, thanks to the way the planet’s gravity drags its star around on its journey through space. The planet is the fourth world to be spotted in data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, which was designed to map … Read more