By JACK TOLEDO Published: 04:51 BST, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 04:52 BST, 19 May 2026 A man in California was arrested shortly after being rescued by police officers who heard him crying for help from inside a wall of a movie theater he plunged into from several feet high.…
Artemis 2 Orion’s heat shield shines with vivid detail in new NASA video
The Orion capsule’s heat shield was a big topic of discussion during the Artemis 2 moon mission, and for good reason: It was the key component of the spacecraft that kept the crew safe when they reentered Earth’s atmosphere. The trajectory the Artemis 2 astronauts flew when Orion returned was…
Hundreds left scrambling after Australian travel company cancels holidays at the last minute
More than 200 Australians are frustrated after a Melbourne-based travel company cancelled flights at the last minute, and accidentally shared their email addresses in the process. AVG Travels told some of their customers on May 13 that scheduled flights to China were no longer going ahead, leaving customers questioning how…
‘Hate rhetoric’ belonging to teen gunmen discovered as pair are identified after opening fire on San Diego mosque and killing three
By JOSH BOSWELL, CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER and JOE HUTCHISON, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER Published: 01:31 BST, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 03:50 BST, 19 May 2026 The two teenage suspects who opened fire on a San Diego mosque scrawled hate rhetoric on their weapons before…
Watch Vega C rocket launch European-Chinese space weather satellite to orbit tonight
ESA’s Smile mission launch – YouTube Watch On A European-Chinese space weather mission will launch to orbit tonight (May 18), and you can watch the action live. The SMILE spacecraft is scheduled to lift off atop a Vega C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana tonight at 11:52…
Adorable five-month-old baby boy is killed by dog that then fled his family’s home
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 20:15 BST, 18 May 2026 | Updated: 03:26 BST, 19 May 2026 A family is facing tragedy after a five-month-old baby boy was horrifically killed by a dog in South Carolina. Dean Everett Gross was described as a ‘bright spirit’…
Iran’s parliament ‘is discussing putting a £43.5million bounty on Trump and Netanyahu’
Iran is moving towards placing huge bounties on the heads of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. Its parliament is set to vote on whether to offer a £43.5m (€50m) reward to anyone who assassinates either the President of the United States or of Israel. This is being considered in revenge…
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, May 15, 2026 After freeing the rover’s arm from the “Atacama” block, we are ready to drill again! The new drill target will represent the same geologic stratum as Atacama, which is the layered…
Mystery of the ancient giant stone jars of Laos may have been solved
The plain of jars in Laos Alvov/Shutterstock The remains of at least 37 people have been found interred in a giant stone jar in Laos, reshaping our understanding of one of South-East Asia’s most puzzling ancient landscapes. Around the remote Xieng Khouang plateau in central Laos sit thousands of giant…
Hero security guard who died trying to save others in San Diego mosque shooting identified as father of eight children
By MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER Published: 01:54 BST, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 02:24 BST, 19 May 2026 A heroic security guard died while trying to save others when a pair of teenagers opened fire at a mosque in California. Amin Abdullah, a father of eight, was among those killed…