Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope team up to capture the ‘Black Eye Galaxy’ photo of the day for Aug. 18, 2026

The “Black Eye Galaxy” is captured in this new composite image from the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST. (Image credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, F. Belfiore (European Southern Observatory – Germany), J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute), A. Leroy (The Ohio State University), and D. Thilker (The Johns Hopkins University); Processing:…

Trump hails last-minute deal with Canada to avoid crippling tariffs as he breathes fresh life into plan for giant oil pipeline

Donald Trump announced that the United States and Canada have made a deal that will pause 50 percent tariffs on $20billion worth of Canadian products.  Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney had been negotiating earlier Tuesday ahead of a 12:01am Wednesday deadline set by the President.   The President wrote on…

‘I was just longing to let it out, but obviously I couldn’t’: Queen Camilla reveals emotional visit to cancer centre after privately discovering King had been diagnosed with the disease

When Queen Camilla opened the new Maggie’s Royal Free cancer support centre in London in January 2024, few knew or understood her private anguish. Just five days later, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles had himself been diagnosed with the disease. It was news that Her Majesty kept to herself…

Hydrogen-powered ‘rocket car’ tops 400 mph in record-breaking test (video)

Is it a rocket car? Tearing across the Utah desert at over 400 mph (644 kph), a hydrogen-powered car has set a new land speed record. Wing Commander Andy Green, a retired British Royal Air Force fighter pilot, just set a new world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt…

Natalie Harp once ‘traveled in a SUV trunk to stay with Trump’: New claims spread like wildfire as political brawling breaks out over White House aide

  Trump aide Natalie Harp once rode in the trunk of an SUV to go to court with Donald Trump, according to a report by CNN. The extraordinary claim came as the president’s executive assistant found herself at the center of a fiery exchange between the White House and Georgia Democrat…

Another powerful top Trump aide to exit the White House after string of departures

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Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight

China just notched another big spaceflight milestone. The Beijing startup LandSpace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), becoming the first Chinese company ever to do so during an orbital launch. It was just the second Chinese orbital rocket touchdown overall. The first was…

Creditors circle Tzaneros family’s $200million mansion portfolio as their shipping empire collapses and CEO resigns over Scots College texts

Creditors are circling six trophy homes worth a combined $200million from the Tzaneros family’s vast property portfolio, as their multibillion-dollar shipping and logistics empire collapses. The Commonwealth Bank holds financial claims over Tzaneros mansions in Sydney’s elite eastern suburbs, including a $61million Bellevue Hill estate with its own cricket pitch…

Baby-faced alleged ringleader of Penn State cocaine ring has turned himself in, prosecutors say

  The man accused of leading an alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State University has turned himself in, according to prosecutors, after more than a dozen people were charged on Monday morning.  Agostino Abbatiello, 24, surrendered along with two others on Tuesday morning after an investigation uncovered the alleged drug ring…

Watch SpaceX launch its 100th mission of the year tonight

SpaceX is about to hit the century mark for the third year in a row. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (Aug. 18), during a four-hour window that opens at 10 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. local time; 0200 GMT on…