A mother of three was killed in a catastrophic crash after a fighting couple struck her car with a truck last weekend, officials say. Janelle Marie Swenson, 42, died at the scene after the collision, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported. Jack Leroy Daniel Drumbeater, 41, has been charged with manslaughter and…
Where are all the aliens? A new book explores possible answers
We’ve been looking for aliens for as long as we’ve been looking up at the starry night sky. Wondering, “What’s up there?” quickly leads to asking, “Who’s up there—and why won’t they come down here and say hi?!” Astrobiology—the study of life in the universe, from how it began and…
Our choice as one of the best budget telescopes now has 17% off — this telescope deal is worth grabbing fast
The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ is one of the best telescopes for beginner-to-intermediate stargazers who want to view deep-sky objects and appreciate assistance in manually locating the targets. Right now, the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ is 17% off, down to just $414.99, its cheapest since Prime Day in…
Uncle’s despair over Nepal horror and missing nephew: ‘How could anyone survive that flood? It came crashing down like a giant monster that ate everything up’
The ravaged state of the road is for now frustrating rescue efforts, with only helicopters able to access some of the more remote towns towards the northern end of the valley, which bore the brunt of the storm. Choppers from the Nepali army whirled overhead through an overcast sky as…
Labour’s rising costs hit higher earners more, official figures show
By SOPHIE CHURCH – POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 22:00 BST, 28 August 2026 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 28 August 2026 Higher earners are bearing the brunt of rising costs as Labour’s campaign against Britain’s middle classes takes its toll, official figures reveal. Wealthier households are seeing prices rise higher than poorer…
NASA Awards First Prize in Phase 2 of Agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge
NASA named a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the first prize winner for Phase 2 of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, which focused on developing solutions for reducing waste during missions to the Moon or deep space by recycling common materials, like fabrics, plastics, foam, and metals. The Composites for Extraterrestrial Recycling By Engineering the Reuse and Upcycling of Zotek (CERBERUZ) team, comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students at MIT, received a total of $775,000 in awards. The technology grinds mixed…
County launches its own security operation over migrant fears after exposure of ‘holiday camp’
By DAVID WILCOCK, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 18:19 BST, 28 August 2026 | Updated: 21:29 BST, 28 August 2026 A Reform-controlled council is to draft in private security guards to help police protect locals amid a row over the expansion of a major migrant camp. Essex County Council said it…
Seven people charged over vandalism at Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course in Scotland are accused of doing so with a ‘terrorist’ link
By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 20:39 BST, 28 August 2026 | Updated: 20:39 BST, 28 August 2026 Seven people charged with damaging property at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire have been accused of doing so with a ‘terrorist connection’. Graffiti was sprayed on US President Donald…
Top 10 Roman Space Telescope science breakthroughs
After more than a decade of development, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is at last set to launch this weekend. With its unprecedented field of view—100 times that of the Hubble Space Telescope—Roman is guaranteed to tell astronomers all sorts of new things about our universe, both near and…
The night we nearly saw a ‘blood moon’ (and why I love near-misses in astronomy)
Stargazers have trigger words — total, bright, peak, maximum, best. But observing the sky is often more interesting when something seems neither one thing nor the other. A case in point was the almost-total partial lunar eclipse we just witnessed. From where I watched, early on Aug. 28, Earth’s shadow…