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Associated PressIn an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad
SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. A jubilant Elon Musk called it “science fiction without the fiction part.” Towering almost 400 feet (121 meters), the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border.
- Futurism
SpaceX Just Caught Its Starship Booster With Giant "Chopsticks" Arms
First Catch Elon Musk's space venture SpaceX has just pulled off the seemingly impossible. During the company's fifth Starship test flight, SpaceX successfully caught the spacecraft's Super Heavy booster using its "Mechazilla" tower, an unbelievable feat of engineering that required an immense amount of precision and experience. It's the first time the company even attempted […]
- The Independent
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Starship rocket and catches booster with ‘chopsticks’ in astonishing test flight
SpaceX has successfully launched and landed Starship, the spacecraft it hopes will allow it to carry humanity throughout the solar system. In an astonishing success, SpaceX used mechanical arms it refers to as “chopsticks” to catch its booster on the launchpad with the hope of reusing it. The main part of the spacecraft – which SpaceX also refers to as Starship, and which it hopes will one day carry humans – then travelled into orbit before coming back down to splash into the Indian Ocean.
- WSJ
This Laser Weapon Zaps Drones at $3 a Beam
In Ukraine and the Red Sea, drones are changing the way wars are fought. The U.S. and other countries are investing in a new way to retaliate: lasers. WSJ explains how one laser works and why the tech is so difficult to perfect.
- CNN
Watch SpaceX Starship takeoff and land in ambitious test
SpaceX launched Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, on its fifth test flight. Not only did the Super Heavy booster survive its daring return to the launchpad, but the Starship spacecraft appeared to fare much better during its descent back from space — avoiding the severe wear and tear that veered its predecessor off target during the last test in June.
- Associated Press
In Denmark, 50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons have been unearthed, a rare discovery
In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons. “This is such an exciting find because we found these skeletons that are so very, very well preserved,” said archeologist Michael Borre Lundø, who led the six-month dig. The skeletons were preserved thanks to favorable soil chemistry, particularly chalk and high water levels, experts from Museum Odense said.
- Evening Standard
Nobel Prize 2024: Three US academics who researched global inequality take final prizes for year
This year’s winners of the prestigious awards are being announced from October 7 to 14
- Sky News
50 'well-preserved' skeletons from Viking Age unearthed in Denmark
A burial ground containing 50 "exceptionally well-preserved" skeletons from the Viking Age has been discovered in Denmark. The 21,500sq ft site was found during a routine survey ahead of infrastructure work near the village of Aasum, close to Odense, Denmark's third-largest city. It holds the remains of men, women and children.
- Associated Press
NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter's moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life
A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. It will take Europa Clipper 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit around the giant gas planet and sneak close to Europa during dozens of radiation-drenched flybys. Scientists are almost certain a deep, global ocean exists beneath Europa’s icy crust.
- BBC
Museum visitors to have AI chats with dodo
The dodo is one of 13 species with whom visitors can chat thanks to artificial intelligence.
- BBC
Elon Musk's Starship booster captured in world first
The SpaceX team successfully returned the booster part of the Starship rocket to the launchpad.
- Yahoo Finance Video
SpaceX completes fifth test flight mission
Elon Musk's SpaceX achieved a new milestone over the weekend. The company successfully completed its fifth test flight of the Starship rocket booster, which launched, returned, and landed successfully. Catalysts Anchor Seana Smith breaks down what this achievement means for SpaceX's broader development timeline for the Starship project. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here. This post was written by Angel Smith
- Evening Standard
Comet last seen by Neanderthals spotted above London skyline in 'once in a lifetime' sighting
Comet C/2023 A3, nicknamed Tsuchinshan-Atlas, was spotted just after sunset on Saturday
- Reuters
China showcases lunar reach as space powers meet without Russia
MILAN (Reuters) -China unveiled a rock sample from the moon's far side to a space summit overshadowed by shifting political and commercial rivalries on Monday, with traditional space power Russia absent from the Milan gathering amid tensions with the West. The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) has been a venue since 1950 for scientists, engineers, companies and politicians of space-faring nations to discuss cooperation, even during the Cold War. At the latest edition in Milan, the China National Space Administration showcased a rock sample that its Chang’e 6 rover fetched from the moon’s far side - the first such exploit and widely seen as evidence of Beijing’s rising space-power status.
- The Guardian
Tool kit to make limb-saving devices set to transform treatment in crisis zones
British scientists have developed simple ways for those in danger areas to make complex medical equipment quickly
- Cosmo
Dua Lipa rocks invisible bra strap and Hello Kitty nipple pasties 👙
Dua Lipa rocked a bra with invisible straps and Hello Kitty nipple covers while getting ready to headline Austin's ACL Festival
- People
Donald Trump Calls Kamala Harris the R-Word at Dinner with Billionaire Donors: Report
The former president reportedly lashed out about donors not appreciating him at the dinner, according to 'The New York Times'
- INSIDER
Singaporeans are used to paying less than $5 for a meal. This 30-year-old chef charges double, and diners keep coming.
Gwyneth Ang, 30, is now opening a modern Asian grilled seafood restaurant in Singapore's latest lifestyle hub, New Bahru.
- HuffPost
'F**k Off': Megyn Kelly Slams Vogue For Kamala Harris Cover
“What message does this send to little girls?" the conservative host asked.
- BuzzFeed
"I Asked For A Divorce That Night": People Are Sharing The Definitive Moment When They Knew They Wanted A Separation From Their Partner
"I had told him many times over the years that this would be the death of our relationship, and I was right."