SpaceXs Starship rocket lifted off on Thursday, March 6 around 6:30 p.m. ET from Boca Chica, Texas for its eighth test flight. During Starships ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost, SpaceXwroteon X. Starship lifted off for its eighth test flight on Thursday.SpaceX Our team immediately began coordination with safety officials to implement pre-planned contingency responses. Its also the second time a Starship launch disrupted commercial flights....

The goal is to find people with pro-Palestenian and Hamas sympathies and kick them out of the country. Axiosreported the storyand detailed how it will work after talking to unnamed officials in the State Department. Itll start its crawl on October 7, 2023. More Than 100 Protest Former Israeli Prime Minister Visit To Harvard Business School Club.© Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The goal here is to punish anti-Israel protestors who demonstrated on college campuses....

Almost every episode of theoriginalMobile Suit Gundamopens with a reminder, and a warning. The conflicts stalemate hadnt been brought on by strategic acumen or military advancement. Humankind had simply obliterated itself in a manner of weeks, enacting horror upon horror on itself. © Sunrise The Federation fleet was decimated by Zeons mobile suit forces, and Revil himself was captured. Just weeks after the war began, the loss of life on both sides was inconceivable....

We say the scalpel rather than the hatchet. Meetings will occur every two weeks until that aspect of this very necessary job is done, Trump claimed. Musk later quote-tweetedTrump on X, noting: Very productive meeting. © Brandon Bell/Getty Images TrumpandMuskhave also both recently claimed that Musk is not personally in charge of firing anybody. In court, the government has repeatedly failed to explain Musks actual role in the government. Maybe its the haphazard, sloppy, borderline idiotic fashion in which DOGE has conducted its work....

A school-aged child in Texas last month became thefirst measles deathin the U.S. since 2015. The person who died of suspected measles in New Mexico was not hospitalized before they passed away. Herd immunity for measles is generally considered to have been achieved at about 95% vaccination. Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas....

Its removal is resulting in significant delays and cancellation of trains in and out of Paris. The bomb was found on the Paris train networksH line, which services the region north of Paris. The international rail service Eurostar planned to cancel all trains in and out of Gare du Nord, Reutersreported. Paris Gare du Nord.Photo: TeaMeister / Wikimedia Commons Explosive relics of wars gone by disrupt daily life more often than youd think....

The biggest holiday in March isnt the one celebrating a little green guy. Its the one celebrating the little red guy! March 10 is MAR10 Day as in Mario Day. © Lego It introduced a generation to Marios new dinosaur friend of Yoshi. This 1,215-piece Lego set of Mario in his yellow cape on the back of Yoshi is just so delightful. Lego and pixel art is really a perfect pair....

Lets examine the different types of phone-call horrors in movies. The Scary Call (Non-Supernatural) Youre home alone. The phone rings and theres a stranger on the other end. Black Christmas (1974)© Warner Bros. It could be a wrong number. It could be someone asking if youve checked on the children lately. Plus, of course, scary texts are also very much a thing. Scream(1996) © Dimension Films The backwoods folks you meet in aWrongTurn-typefilm do not require a connection to the outside world!...

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Dekar Druid and the Infinite Library By Cadwell Turnbull Dekar Druid lives in an infinite library. Outside, a forest surrounds the tower. © Lightspeed Theres a lake a short walk to the north and a peak to the distant south. Hes only tried the one time, an experience he does not intend to repeat. Truth be told, the infinite library may not be infinite....

It turns out that unlike his turn as Papanoida, Lucas wasnt actually in-person. I thought, Well, thatll be cool. By the time you shrink that down, his face is just a blur. © Lucasfilm After Jett showed the detail to a supervisor, Lucas himself had to come and provide direct approval. George is really quiet, Jett recalled of the moment. He looks at it, and he goes, Oh, naughty, naughty....

Elon Musk said Wednesday that he wants to privatize the U.S. Postal Service and Amtrak, according to reports from multiple news outlets. I think logically we should privatize anything that can reasonably be privatized, Musk said, according toReuters. Elon Musk departs the U.S. Capitol Building after meeting with Republican lawmakers on March 5, 2025 in Washington, DC.© Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images If youre coming from another country, kindly dont use our national rail....

California-based startup AstroForge launched its Odin spacecraft on February 26 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The companylaunched its first mission in April 2023to demonstrate its ability to refine asteroid material in orbit. Its initial task also did not go as planned, as the company struggled to communicate with its satellite. The Odin spacecraft after separating from the rocket.Intuitive Machines AstroForge built the $3.5 million spacecraft in less than ten months....

There is something wrong with the version ofRoseannestreaming on Peacock. Its the same thing thats wrong with the version ofIts a Different Worldon Netflix. Eyes float in sockets. Screenshots from ‘A Different World’ after they’ve been hit with an AI upscaler.© Netflix screengrabs. The fine detail in the background of shots, especially anything with text, is strange and indecipherable. Theyve been upscaled from their original broadcast format using AI and uploaded in 4K....