Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter I used to make a basic mistake with meteor showers — I treated the zenith hourly rate (ZHR) like a timetable. If a shower were advertised at 20 meteors per hour, I’d go outside expecting…
Played for laughs… Speaker’s No2 accused of scripting ‘witty’ Commons put-downs
By BRENDAN CARLIN Published: 21:56 GMT, 31 October 2026 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 31 October 2026 Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani has been accused of ‘pre–scripting’ her putdowns of Tory heckles at last week’s Budget – to boost her profile and chances of succeeding Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Tory MP Ms Ghani…
The rocket scientist who summoned demons: The true horror story of Jack Parsons
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter In the winter of 1946, two men from very different walks of life walked into California’s Mojave Desert together, where one of them became convinced an extraordinary experiment they had been conducting had finally succeeded.…
Tragedy as boy, 15, is killed in e-motorbike crash: Mother pays tribute to ‘light of my life’ as police hunt Audi driver
By JAMIE BOYS, REPORTER Published: 20:15 GMT, 31 October 2026 | Updated: 20:30 GMT, 31 October 2026 A 15-year-old boy who was killed in an e-motorbike crash was ‘the light of my life’, his mother has said in a tribute. Harley Hartley was riding an off-road electric bike on October…
Halloween night sky 2026 — Saturn, shooting stars and a space station await US stargazers
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter There could be more than just ghosts and ghouls lurking in the skies this Halloween! From Saturn’s spectacular rings to shooting stars and even a space station flyover, the night sky has a few treats…
Thousands Expected to Protest in France on Halloween: Live Updates
The nationwide unrest in France began with a handful of student demonstrations at high schools in suburban Paris last month. Now, in cities across the country, antigovernment marchers are protesting expensive living conditions, high fuel prices and conditions in schools. Using the unrest as a smoke screen for vandalism, rioters…
Scots Disney star Thomas Doherty goes dark in new role as a serial killer
By LORNA HUGHES Published: 18:21 GMT, 31 October 2026 | Updated: 18:50 GMT, 31 October 2026 Disney star Thomas Doherty is heading to the dark side after landing the role of a serial killer alongside fellow Scots actress Emma Laird. The former teen star is taking on the lead in…
The moon, Mars, and Jupiter shine in the heart of the Lion overnight on Nov. 1-2
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The moon dives towards the glowing heart of the constellation Leo for a spectacular rendezvous with Mars and Jupiter overnight on Nov. 1-2, as the glittering stars of the Beehive Cluster shine nearby. Here’s what…
Trump-backed Darline Graham admits she doesn’t even want to be a senator as she plummets in polls and says ‘I’ll choke Lindsey if I get to heaven’ in wild election eve gaffe: Live updates
Texas Democratic candidate for Senate James Talarico has inspired a deluge of spending from the GOP to help prevent a blue wave in Texas, but the 37-year-old’s campaign is privately fretting that the Lone Star State could remain in Republican hands. Sources within the Democrat’s campaign told the New York…
On this day in space! Oct. 31, 2015: Creepy skull-shaped Halloween asteroid flies by Earth, NASA names it the ‘Great Pumpkin’
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On October 31, 2015, an asteroid shaped like a human skull flew by Earth. It arrived with excellent timing on Halloween, which made the already-creepy asteroid even creepier. During its closest approach, the creepy asteroid…