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People gather to watch SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launch it’s third test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, March 14, 2024.

SpaceX comes close to completing test flight of mega rocket but loses spacecraft near end

March 14, 2024, 11:04am Business

SpaceX came close to completing an hourlong test flight of its mega rocket on its third try Thursday, but the spacecraft was lost as it descended back to Earth. Read story

A montage of some of the front pages of Britain’s newspapers, in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The Princess of Wales has apologized for “confusion” caused by her altering of a family photo released by the palace. The image of Kate and her children was intended to calm concern and speculation about the princess’s health, but had the opposite effect. Several news agencies that initially published the photo, including The Associated Press, withdrew the image over concerns about digital manipulation.

Delete a background? Easy. Smooth out a face? Seamless. Digital photo manipulation is now mainstream

March 13, 2024, 7:48am Business

It’s been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event actually took place: “Pics, or it didn’t happen.” Read story

FILE - The progression of a total solar eclipse is seen in a multiple exposure photograph taken in 5-minute intervals, with the moon passing in front of the sun above Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia, 225 kilometers (140 miles) from Phnom Penh, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995.

April’s total solar eclipse is a month away. Here’s why it’s worth the watch and how to stay safe

March 13, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. Read story

Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Russia cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov aboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, March 12, 2024.

Four astronauts from four countries return to Earth after six months in orbit

March 12, 2024, 8:26am Life

Four astronauts from four countries caught a lift back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to end a half-year mission at the International Space Station. Read story

The New England Aquarium aerial survey team sighted a gray whale off the New England coast on March 1.

Whale long extinct in Atlantic seen near Massachusetts

March 12, 2024, 6:00am Life

Scientists in Massachusetts are celebrating the sighting of a whale that went extinct in the Atlantic Ocean more than 200 years ago, the New England Aquarium in Boston announced Tuesday. Read story

Science & Technology

SpaceX comes close to completing test flight of mega rocket but loses spacecraft near end

Delete a background? Easy. Smooth out a face? Seamless. Digital photo manipulation is now mainstream

April’s total solar eclipse is a month away. Here’s why it’s worth the watch and how to stay safe

Four astronauts from four countries return to Earth after six months in orbit

Whale long extinct in Atlantic seen near Massachusetts

Can humans help sunflower sea stars rebound?

Stone tools date back 1 million years

Europa might have less oxygen than expected

Eclipse chasers head to southern Illinois for 2nd total solar eclipse in 7 years: ‘You get hooked’

Stellantis hedges its bets on EVs