Explanation: At the latitude of ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, about 25 degrees south, Earth’s rotation moves the planet’s surface eastward at over 1,500 kilometers per hour. And while that’s faster than the speed of sound at sea level, the motion is imperceptible. Still, that motion can be revealed in…
Grammy winner is detained by ICE after flying back from concert… as he faces being deported
By ANNA WRIGHT, US REPORTER Published: 06:35 BST, 28 August 2026 | Updated: 06:35 BST, 28 August 2026 A Latin Grammy-winning musician was detained at a Florida airport after a concert, as his wife makes an emotional plea for his release. Cuban-born musician Degnis Nelson Bofill Miranda, 39, was detained…
Unseen events that unleashed a half-mile wide glacial sword of Damocles that's now feared to have killed thousands, explained by DEEP DIVE
Thousands are feared dead after a churning wall of mud, rock and pulverised ice bulldozed down a Himalayan valley straddling the border of Nepal and China. Source link
Glowing galaxy with anomalous extra arms photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2026
An image of this spiral galaxy NGC 4258 that combines X-ray observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory (seen here in royal blue), optical light gathered by the Hubble Space Telescope (red, yellow and pale blue), and infrared light seen by the James Webb Space Telescope (bright orange). (Image credit: X-ray:…
Brother shocked to see the horrific deaths of his sister and her young family used in political ad
For months after his sister was killed in a horrific highway crash, Jesse Mallen found solace in photographs of the family he had lost. Then one of those photographs stared back at him from a TV screen – not in a tribute, but instead used as ammunition in a political…
Trump tried to scrap NASA’s Roman Space Telescope last year. Now it’s ready to launch
The hours are counting down to the launch of NASA’s newest flagship orbital observatory. The spacecraft recently got its last glimpse of terrestrial light before being encapsulated in its rocket’s protective payload fairing last week and is imminently bound for liftoff. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is NASA’s next-generation…
Young Aussie reveals how she went from $1000 in the bank to a millionaire in 10 years by keeping it simple
One of Australia’s most popular financial influencers has revealed how patience and ignoring investment trends helped her turn just $1,000 into a portfolio worth more than $1million. Natasha Etschmann – known as ‘Tash Invests’ on social media platforms – began sharing her financial journey as an investor online in 2020. …
Peter van Onselen: Albo’s desperate plan to save Labor’s seats exposed – and it’s the rest of Australia that could pay
Anthony Albanese flew into Perth this week to peddle a fiscal fairytale: Western Australia gets to keep its bloated GST cash, but don’t worry because the other states (that’s the rest of us) lose nothing and the Commonwealth magically absorbs the cost of it all. But is that really true?…
Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ‘semi-submersible’ ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)
More than a month after its epic spaceflight, Starship is finally headed home. SpaceX announced today (Aug. 27) that it has loaded Starship‘s 171-foot-tall (52 meters) upper stage — known as Starship, or simply Ship — onto a huge “semi-submersible” ship in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Christmas…
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in ballots
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 03:22 BST, 28 August 2026 | Updated: 03:34 BST, 28 August 2026 A federal judge on Thursday halted – at least for now – attempts to implement President Donald Trump´s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about…