Published on: 2025-07-24 17:45:31
In 2016, a Falcon 9 rocket exploded during a wet dress rehearsal, creating a massive ball of fire that destroyed an onboard satellite. The reason for the eruption was unclear at first, leading to one of the wildest theories in spaceflight history that apparently got the feds involved. In Reentry, a book about the early years of SpaceX, veteran space reporter Eric Berger explores the details of the Falcon 9 anomaly. The reason for the failure was not immediately obvious, leading SpaceX engineers
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After a Falcon 9 rocket exploded violently and unexpectedly on the launch pad in 2016, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk became suspicious that the cause was something almost unimaginably dramatic: a "sniper" on the roof of a rival's building. Footage of the event shows the rocket erupting into a gigantic ball of fire in an instant, reducing the mounted Amos-6 Israeli communications satellite into scorched debris. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed with the Federal Aviation Administration by
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The Gist Editors' notes Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences by University of New South Wales Norman Wildberger at his laptop. Credit: UNSW Sydney × close Norman Wildberger at his laptop. Credit: UNSW Sydney A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such as the degree two polynomial: 1 + 4x – 3
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Apple TV+ is over five years old, and besides its viral Ted Lasso moment, the streamer has struggled to gain mainstream traction until just recently. One producer who made a show for Apple thinks he knows why. Apple’s marketing is ‘the best for iPhones, the worst for television’ Rafa Sales Ross at Variety recently interviewed TV producer Alex Berger, who made La Maison for Apple TV+. That partnership is apparently not one he intends to repeat. “Marketing makes a show,” he emphasized. “Apple,
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Nvidia recently revealed details about its new AI graphics processors, and one of them is named for a scientist familiar to many space fans. Vera Rubin, the namesake for one of Nvidia's new AI GPU platforms, was the American scientist credited with discovering dark matter early in her career. Rubin's long career in astronomy began in the 1940s when she was Vassar College's sole astronomy undergraduate and extended until her death in 1988 at the age of 88. Rubin was considered a pioneer for wome
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Spend time at a university, and inevitably you’ll come across someone who has a plan to save the world, or at least make some small part of it better. It might be merely the optimism of youth, but sometimes, they’re actually onto something. Critical Venture Partners is betting that young founders plucked fresh from universities can solve some of the world’s most intractable problems, including climate change, healthcare, and economic opportunity. The firm was founded by a trio of recent graduat
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