By JOANNA HYNDS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and ASHLEY KNICKEL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS A German backpacker who survived 11 days lost in the Australian wilderness has described hallucinations that she says drew her deeper into the Outback. Carolina Wilga, 27, lost 12kg while wandering in…
On this day in space! Sept. 4, 1962: NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecrafts performs the 1st-ever maneuver in deep space to reach Venus
On Sept. 4, 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft performed the first-ever rocket maneuver in deep space as it did a quick mid-course correction on its way to Venus. It had launched just eight days earlier and needed to burn its engines to ensure that its trajectory would take it to…
Two beavers released into the wild on Exmoor appear to have coupled up and may start their own family
By CAITLIN LENG Published: 01:42 BST, 5 September 2026 | Updated: 02:11 BST, 5 September 2026 Two beavers released into the wild in Exmoor earlier this year have formed a pair – and now may even start their own family. Trail-camera footage from the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate shows what conservationists…
Hubble Telescope sees spectacular ‘superbubble’ photo of the day for Sept. 4, 2026
This nebula is named LHA 120-N44, or N44 for short, and it’s located in the constellation Dorado. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Gouliermis) About 160,000 light-years away lies one of our Milky Way’s little galactic neighbors: The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). And thanks to a new observing program, the…
Forget the arrow in the eye, it was worse than that! A gripping minute-by-minute guide to 1066 – as the Bayeux Tapestry is unveiled at the British Museum
The King of England and the president of France this week visited the British Museum to view the Bayeux Tapestry, which is on display in the UK for the first time since it was embroidered by a team of British needlewomen in Kent nearly 1,000 years ago. It tells the…
Putin is ‘not looking to attack Nato territory’, says Donald Trump – despite attempted drone strike on a German airport
Donald Trump has insisted Vladimir Putin is ‘not looking to attack Nato territory’ despite a suspected Russian drone attack on a German airport that sparked outrage across Europe. When questioned in the Oval Office on Friday about the incident, the US President said: ‘I speak to him. I know him very…
Venus is becoming a thinner crescent — and that’s when it finally starts making sense
Venus is something of a frustration for stargazers. It’s the brightest planet and the easiest to see, while the sight of it close to a crescent moon is one of the most achingly beautiful sights in the sky. Yet it gives almost nothing away. Mars has its reddish color. Saturn…
Wild video shows brave Montana woman use bear spray to protect dogs from massive moose in yard
By DARIYA KOZHASBAY Published: 21:27 BST, 4 September 2026 | Updated: 00:20 BST, 5 September 2026 A Montana woman bravely bear-sprayed a moose after it ran into her yard, protecting her three pet dogs. The woman, Shelly Thorburn, said: ‘I was fearful for sure, you know, because [the moose] was…
Scientists overturn a theory about this shark’s strange head
A new study of bonnethead sharks (Sphyrna tiburo) in Florida is challenging a previous explanation for how males and females develop their distinctively different head shapes. Researchers from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and collaborating institutions found that the sharks’ shovel shaped heads…
Students for Trump leader faces horrific accusations from girlfriend as chilling photo emerges: ‘I’ll kill everyone here’
The man who built Donald Trump’s college army was passed out drunk on the floor of his luxury apartment in downtown Washington when his girlfriend of two months tried to wake him. Ryan Fournier, the co-founder of Students for Trump who often boasted about his proximity to the president, came…