SpaceX pops Starship tank on purpose in explosive pressure test

The Starship SN7.1 tank was destroyed on purpose at SpaceX's South Texas facilities, during a pressure test designed to take the stainless-steel hardware to its bursting point.

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1st US airline offers rapid COVID-19 testing to some passengers

Customers will have the option to take a COVID-19 test at the airport or to submit a self-collected mail-in test.

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Climate scientists uncover new record-low temperature in Greenland

Climate archivists have found the coldest day ever in the Northern Hemisphere, set by Greenland in 1991

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Beaked whales can hold their breath for over 3 hours (and possibly longer)

These deep-diving whales can stay submerged for more than an hour longer than once thought, and recover surprisingly quickly.

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Coronavirus mutations: what we've learned so far

How fast is the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, mutating? And how have those genetic changes affected the virus?

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NASA and US Space Force team up for planetary defense, moon trips and more

NASA and the United States Space Force are banding together for the future of human spaceflight. 

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Wee, single-celled creatures may chow down on viruses

However, one expert says we need more proof these organisms actually eat viruses.

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Earth's new minimoon might be a rocket humans launched into space in the 1960s

Earth has a small new moon coming, but it might have been made by people in the 1960s. It will take closer observations to know for sure.

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Mass stranding event beaches 450 whales in Tasmania

It's the worst stranding event the Australian island has ever seen.

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Gold miners discover 100 million-year-old meteorite crater Down Under

About 100 million years ago, a gigantic meteorite collided with Australia, creating a 3-mile-wide impact crater.

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