Across the decades, Star Wars’ secret sauce has always been a feeling – an intoxicating mixture of whimsy and adventure that’s nearly impossible to replicate. That’s especially true with the original film trilogy and the prequel film trilogy, even if the two have distinctly different flavors. The series forays into…
First Aussie family missing in Nepal is identified after devastating flood triggered by ice avalanche left 160 people dead with hundreds more unaccounted for
One of at least six Australian families caught in a devastating flood at the Tibet-Nepal border has been identified. A close friend of the family, from Sydney, shared an urgent plea for information on Thursday following the flood on Wednesday. Sridharan Iyer, Roopa Sridhar, Rudhra Sreedharan Iyer and Rishabh Sridharan…
Nepal flood LIVE: Expert reveals ‘tsunami from the sky’ with 200m-high waves was sparked by glacier dumping 20-million cubic metres of water – as images show ‘devastation beyond imagination’
By ELIANA SILVER, SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Updated: 08:05 BST, 27 August 2026 Nepal is facing what officials have described as ‘devastation beyond imagination’ after a ‘tsunami from the sky’ swept through the Rasuwa region yesterday following a glacier collapse, with thousands feared dead. Nepal’s disaster agency said 823 people,…
Heat shield under fire photo of the day for Aug. 26, 2026
At the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, researchers are testing the capsule heat shield for the Draco mission. (Image credit: ESA) Sometimes, to accomplish your mission, you have to start a few fires. What is it? At the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) in Belgium, researchers put…
Tim Curry 911 dispatch call reveals haunting moment first responders rushed to actor’s Hollywood home
Newly released 911 audio has revealed the moment police officers and paramedics rushed to Tim Curry’s Hollywood home the night he died. Curry, an iconic actor best known for his roles in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, died at his $2million home in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, his manager…
No-nonsense judge unleashes on woman as she’s sentenced for horrific neglect of teen who weighed just 35 pounds when she was rescued from Wisconsin home
A no-nonsense judge unleashed on a woman as she was sentenced over the brutal neglect of a 14-year-old girl who weighed just 35 pounds when she was rescued from a Wisconsin family home. Kayla Stemler, 28, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday after admitting to a series…
APOD: 2026 August 27 – Colorful Aurora over an Icelandic Waterfall
Explanation: What a sight to behold, when a night sky became filled with colors that appeared to rain over the Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland. This image was taken in a single 5 second exposure by the photographer in April 2025. Seeing an aurora is on many people’s bucket lists. But it is not easy.…
WFH change for hundreds of thousands of Aussies: Major union scores legal victory
By SARAH BROOKES – SENIOR REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 06:11 BST, 27 August 2026 | Updated: 06:13 BST, 27 August 2026 Hundreds of thousands of Australian office workers have scored a major win after the workplace tribunal handed down a landmark ruling giving them the right to request to work from…
Four dead after small plane crashes in frigid waters next to remote Alaska town
By MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER and ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 05:29 BST, 27 August 2026 | Updated: 05:43 BST, 27 August 2026 Four people were killed when a small plane crashed into shallow waters next to a remote coastal town in Alaska on Wednesday. The Piper PA-24-260 crashed at 1.15pm just…
On this day in space! Aug. 26, 1978: Sigmund Jähn becomes 1st German in space
On Aug. 26, 1978, cosmonaut and pilot Sigmund Jähn became the first German to fly in space. Jähn was an experienced pilot for the East German Air Force and studied at the Gagarin Air Force Academy in the Soviet Union in the 1960s. In 1976, he and one other German…