How I took the 'best' photo of the 2017 American solar eclipse — and what I'm doing differently this year

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Jon Carmichael looks at a blown up shot of his photo of the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse.
Astrophotographer and Keynote Speaker, Jon Carmichael (on left) captured this iconic image of the 2017 total solar eclipse that swept across the US.

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Study Finds No Strong Evidence for Benefits of Wim Hof Method

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New research this week seems to throw cold water on the Wim Hof method, an endurance training technique that intentionally exposes people to frigid temperatures. The study, a review of the scientific literature, did find some evidence that the method could have anti-inflammatory properties, but did not find strong…

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Voyager 1 briefly came back to life after a 'poke' from NASA, giving scientists hope for the 46-year-old probe

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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has been traveling through space for nearly 50 years.

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17 crucial upgrades helped SpaceX finally get Starship to space without exploding

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A screengrab from SpaceX's livestream on X shows Starship lifting off for its second attempt at space.

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Montana rancher paid $4,200 to clone a dead sheep and launched a farm of super hybrids worth up to $550,000

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An argali sheep similar to the one that was cloned in Montana.

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Video of SpaceX's Starship reentry shows the ultra-hot plasma plummet back to Earth like never before

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A screengrab from Starship's reentry video shows ultra-hot plasma gathering on the spaceship's belly.

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How big is the SpaceX Starship mega-rocket? Photos show how tall it is

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A picture of Starship in situ.

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Elon Musk was nowhere to be seen at Starship's first successful launch to orbit

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Starship is one Elon Musk's biggest pet projects, but he didn't seem to be present for its first successful launch to orbit.

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Starship's 3rd-launch success: Rocket finally soared to space without blowing up, but SpaceX lost it on reentry

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Starship launches from SpaceX's South Texas launchpad.

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Obama takes a shot at the likes of Musk and Bezos, says we must protect Earth before colonizing Mars

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A photo montage shows Barack Obama (left) Elon Musk (middle) and Jeff Bezos (right)
A photo montage shows Barack Obama (left) Elon Musk (middle) and Jeff Bezos (right).

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