Lee esta historia en español aquí. Some of Earth’s microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shaded nooks and crannies of the Moon’s South Pole region, NASA scientists say. Published on Aug. 19, 2026, in Science Advances, these findings highlight a need…
Forbes 30 under 30 CEO is among four Americans killed in helicopter crash while enjoying luxury Kenyan vacation away from $2.8m Miami mansion
Forbes 30 under 30 chief executive Roger Duarte has been named as one of the seven people who died in a safari helicopter crash in Kenya on Wednesday. Duarte, 42, was a popular and highly successful seafood entrepreneur from Miami, Florida, where he lived in a $2.8 million mansion with…
‘Huge human error’ caused ‘biggest ever’ cyber attack on charity sector with millions warned their data may have been stolen
A ‘huge human error’ triggered what could be the biggest ever cyber-attack on the UK charity sector. Up to 1,000 charities have been caught up in the hack, including Breast Cancer UK, National Ballet, Historic Buildings and Palaces, and the Molly Rose Foundation. Cyber criminals targeted Beacon CRM, which provides…
NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission
Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an agency satellite to a higher altitude to extend its science mission as planned. However, LINK still will attempt to conduct rendezvous and proximity operations with NASA’s…
John Swinney under further pressure over his ‘arrogant’ price cap plans
Scotland’s food and drink industry has issued a warning about the damaging ‘unintended consequences’ of John Swinney’s supermarket price cap plan. The First Minister is under further pressure to scrap the proposal to force supermarkets to impose ‘price ceilings’ on between 20 and 50 essential items including milk, bread, eggs…
One woman is dead and eight are hurt after house fire in London: Murder probe is launched
By SHANNON MCGUIGAN, NEWS REPORTER Published: 18:37 BST, 19 August 2026 | Updated: 18:48 BST, 19 August 2026 A murder probe has been launched after one woman died and eight others were rushed to hospital following a fire in Hounslow. Metropolitan Police officers attended a property on Berkley Avenue in…
Ancient Milky Way Merger – NASA
This artist’s concept, released on Aug. 17, 2026, depicts a collision between our Milky Way galaxy and a dwarf galaxy known as LKH that happened about 12 billion years ago. A study of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows definitive evidence of a dwarf…
One in three children talk or play with strangers online with half saying bypassing parental controls is ‘easy’
By ELEANOR HARDING, EDUCATION EDITOR Published: 18:07 BST, 19 August 2026 | Updated: 18:17 BST, 19 August 2026 One in three children talk or play online with strangers and half say bypassing parental controls is ‘easy’, the Information Commissioner’s Office has warned. Its online survey of more than 4,000 children…
My mother hired a paedophile to be my babysitter. From the age of six, he brutally raped me for two years before being jailed. I thought my nightmare was over… and then I found him sitting at our kitchen table
When we meet in a country pub near her Warwickshire home, I notice Della Wright scanning the room cautiously before taking a seat. It’s a small gesture, easily missed, but it seems at odds with her worldly, authoritative demeanour. An author, mother of four and activist, she has spent the…
NASA Establishes State Hubs to Grow Technical Aerospace Workforce
NASA has awarded approximately $10.5 million to seven institutions to help strengthen and streamline state-based pathways for students into skilled technical jobs in the aerospace industry. The awards were made through the new NASA Aerospace Skilled Technical Workforce Hubs initiative, or NASA State Hubs. This investment in state ecosystems is…