By KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 01:01 GMT, 29 October 2026 | Updated: 03:07 GMT, 29 October 2026 A man has charged with murder, accused of stabbing his partner to death inside an apartment in the NSW Northern Tablelands. Emergency services were called to the Rockvale Road complex in…
Caltech Names Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as NASA JPL Deputy
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The emeritus astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain begins his new role at NASA’s center of excellence for robotics and deep space exploration and at Caltech, which…
Some of the world’s smallest penguins will get to fly for the first time… as they ditch the UK for Spain
By DAVID OLASEINDE Published: 00:22 GMT, 29 October 2026 | Updated: 01:27 GMT, 29 October 2026 Some of the world’s smallest penguins have boarded a flight from the UK for a move to Spain. The fairy penguins were given passports and boarding passes as they prepared to go from SEA LIFE…
NASA Selects 19 New Citizen Science Proposals in 2026
So far, 2026 has seen a flood of successes for volunteers who do NASA science, exemplifying NASA’s commitment to gold-standard science—transparent, reproducible and intrinsically collaborative. The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project announced that their project volunteers have now discovered most of the known brown dwarfs, celestial objects that are similar…
“Shameful behaviour”: Ongoing non-compliance at Santos Barossa gas project, ABC reports
SYDNEY, Thursday 29 October 2026 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has accused gas giant Santos of evading responsibility, after the ABC today revealed correspondence showing the offshore regulator, NOPSEMA, caught Santos in “continued non-compliance” at its Barossa Gas Project. The ABC report published today revealed that NOPSEMA slapped Santos with a…
Beau Lamarre-Condon’s cop friend tearfully describes the moment she realised he was a suspect in alleged double murder: ‘He’s here!’
By CHARLOTTE KARP, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Updated: 22:51 GMT, 28 October 2026 Accused killer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s cop friend was terrified when he turned up at her house after allegedly murdering two people, telling a court she wanted to phone the police and scream: ‘He’s here! He’s here!’ The former senior…
NASA Welcomes Vietnam as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam became the 78th nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining a growing coalition of like-minded nations committed to the peaceful, transparent, and responsible exploration of space. “Vietnam is joining at an important point in the development of its own space program,” said NASA Deputy Administrator…
RFK, Jr., loosens restrictions for six popular peptides, bypassing the FDA
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a loosening of restrictions on six unproven peptides on Wednesday. These substances have long been touted by biohackers as a means to hack people’s bodies and brains for the better, but they often have had scant scientific evidence behind them. In the…
Woman shot dead by police after Taser fails as she threatens officers with an axe in Adelaide
By KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 19:50 GMT, 28 October 2026 | Updated: 20:51 GMT, 28 October 2026 Police have shot dead a woman who threatened officers with an axe in Adelaide’s inner-eastern suburbs. Officers were confronted by the armed woman when they arrived at the Gwynne…
Artemis III SLS Core Stage Joins Boosters at Kennedy
NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is integrated alongside the twin solid rocket boosters on Oct. 28 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians lifted the 212-foot rocket stage from the facility’s High Bay 2 using a…