This roof-mounted air sensor in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is one of 10 used by NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) to study the city’s air quality. MAIA’s air sensors provide a detailed look at particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter, also known as PM2.5, one of…
Supreme Court clears path for Trump’s mail-in voting crackdown ahead of make-or-break midterms
Donald Trump scored a massive victory ahead of the midterms as the Supreme Court sided with the White House in a case that questioned the President’s executive order over mail-in voting. The decision leaves room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump’s order, and other similar cases have…
Newsnight ‘could be axed’ as BBC bosses battle to save £500million
By WILL HALLOWELL, NEWS REPORTER Published: 22:43 BST, 24 August 2026 | Updated: 22:55 BST, 24 August 2026 The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme Newsnight is set to be axed as broadcasting bosses battle to save half a billion pounds. After more than 40 years on air, staff fear the…
NASA Sets Coverage for Roman Space Telescope Launch from Florida
Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities. Roman is NASA’s next-generation observatory designed to explore some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, including dark energy. NASA and SpaceX are targeting Roman’s liftoff for no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard…
Distressing audio reveals moment doctor’s husband who left daughter, 2, to die in hot car was found by nanny after killing himself just hours before he was due to be jailed
The nanny’s voice crackled over the line – high-pitched, hysterical, on the verge of tears, and barely understandable. ‘I found the dad in his car… I think he’s dead. There’s no pulse… he’s dead,’ she wailed. The young woman had just discovered Christopher Scholtes slumped in his red Honda S2000 in…
Georgia cops are hunting down a man who picked up $30 from a Walmart floor and didn’t turn it in…and people are angry about it
By DARIYA KOZHASBAY Published: 21:31 BST, 24 August 2026 | Updated: 21:37 BST, 24 August 2026 Police in Georgia asked the public for their help in identifying a suspect: an elderly Walmart shopper who picked up $30 off the ground after someone else had dropped it. The victim wanted to…
NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth
At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped create Earth’s unique climate and driven previously unexplained climatic shifts. In new research, scientists at NASA’s SHIELD (Solar Wind with Hydrogen Ion charge Exchange and Large-Scale…
Beloved meerkats tragically die at UK wildlife park after tunnel collapses on them following heavy rainfall – with pregnant mother among dead
By JON BRADY, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:53 BST, 24 August 2026 | Updated: 20:49 BST, 24 August 2026 A colony of meerkats at a British wildlife park has been all but wiped out in a ‘catastrophic turn of events’ after their network of tunnels collapsed in heavy rain. Tropical…
Perseverance Captures Another Phobos Transit
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it crossed in front of the Sun on Aug. 12, 2026, the 1,948th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The animation has been tinted to simulate what a…
The ominous sign Super El Niño is ramping up: Global ocean temperatures hit a record high – and scientists say the worst is yet to come
Global ocean temperatures have hit the highest level on record, in a worrying sign that this year’s predicted Super El Niño which could bring more extreme weather conditions around the world. Climatologists confirmed that sea surface temperatures outside of the polar regions reached 21.1C (70F) on August 22. It broke…