This artist’s concept depicts a Trans-Neptunian Object, a small, faint, icy body orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune. These objects are so small that even with NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescopes, they appear only as tiny points of light. Artwork: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI) For the…
British father makes last-minute plea to authorities hours before learning if he will be prosecuted for the death of his son who fell from Cyprus hotel window
A British father charged over the death of his two-year-old son at a luxury hotel in Cyprus has formally urged authorities to drop the case, the Mail can reveal. The 37-year-old city banker, who we are not naming, faces an agonising wait with a decision due from the Attorney General…
Family pay tribute to ‘inseparable’ elderly couple who were found dead by their carer – as police quiz man in his 40s over fatal stabbing
The family of an elderly couple stabbed to death at their home said the pair were ‘inseparable’. Haji Ismail Ahmed Leli, 80, and Hajiyani Fatima Ismail Leli, 78 were believed to be found dead by their carers. Police were called to a terraced home in Blackburn, Lancashire, on Monday where…
Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across.…
Online ‘wild west’ is radicalising young people to carry out nihilistic violence, Southport inquiry hears
An online ‘wild west’ is radicalising children to carry out nihilistic violence and mass casualty attacks, the Southport Inquiry heard today. Psychologists are attempting to understand a ‘new set of motivations for violence’, promoted to teenagers under the age of 15 via pro-anorexia, self-harm, or so-called ‘gore’ communities on the…
Something unique seems to be happening to the brain in menopause
Scientists have long known that women’s brains undergo substantial remodeling during puberty and pregnancy. These moments of hormonal upheaval are linked to a rewiring of neural networks and reductions in the volume of the brain’s outer, wrinkly layer—called cortical gray matter—which plays a role in memory, reasoning and movement. But…
Team Sussex hit back again in royal letter row as they claim they did not have enough time to ‘clarify’ points before Palace released it to public
The row between the Sussexes and King Charles escalated today after Harry and Meghan claimed they were not given enough time to respond to the Monarch’s letter. The couple said they were denied the chance to clarify several points in his unprecedented announcement which described them as ‘private citizens’, not…
NASA Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images
Algorithm NASA first applied to satellite imagery is now used to peer into antiquity High in the central tower in the ancient Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat, paintings depict horseback riders and a traditional musical ensemble. Thousands of visitors pass these images daily without noticing, because they’re faded to the point of invisibility. They were discovered between 2010 and…
Father, 44, dies in hospital days after fatal plane crash that killed his wife and two sons – leaving their other children orphaned
A California father, 44, passed away from severe injuries days after a plane crash that killed his wife and two sons on Saturday. The four-seater single-engine aircraft crashed atop a bluff of the San Joaquin River, about 12 miles north of Fresno in Central California, shortly before 2pm on Saturday, according to…
New Google DeepMind atlas could transform our understanding of genetic diseases
Atlases have long helped humans navigate unfamiliar terrain. And now a new atlas from Google DeepMind aims to better map the terrain of our biology: the human genome. On Tuesday the company released AlphaGenome Atlas, a database that charts predictions of the possible effects of nine billion single variants in…