A weather satellite captured the moon “photobombing” the Earth as it orbited on Tuesday, April 23.
The “cosmic cameo” was released by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites, which said the imagery was captured by the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Himawari-9 satellite. Credit: NOAA/JMA via Storyful
Down in a Hole A team of scientists has discovered the deepest sinkhole on Earth, so deep that we have yet to reach its bottom. The Taam Ja' Blue Hole (TJBH), which is located off the coast near the border between Mexico and Belize, was once thought to be the second-deepest of its kind, as […]
The US shared “gobsmacking” evidence with Britain at the height of the Covid pandemic suggesting a “high likelihood” that the virus had leaked from a Chinese lab, The Telegraph can reveal.
A team of researchers has stumbled upon a mysterious "cosmic glitch" in gravity, which could potentially help explain the universe's strange behavior. As detailed in a new paper published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, the team from the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia in Canada posit that Albert Einstein's […]
In a matter of days, NASA astronauts Suni Wiliams and Butch Wilmore will launch on board a Boeing Starliner to travel to the International Space Station. The pair have been in quarantine at the Kennedy Space Center since April 22 for a daring journey. Boeing's much-maligned Starliner has faced years of setbacks and major […]
Temperatures may soar to 25C by the end of next week
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is making strides in astronomy with its 122-megapixel primarily infrared photos taken 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth. The space agency's newest sky-peeper takes a different approach, however, performing groundbreaking space science with 36 pixels. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), pronounced “crism,” is a collaboration between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The West Midlands has experienced wet and windy weather this week
Heavy showers are expected to hit central England on Saturday
Ongoing rain in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul caused a ferry boat to capsize after hitting a bridge on the swollen Taquari river on May 2.Footage by Matheus Hinterholz shows the boat being carried away by the current and hitting the submerged bridge. The impact caused the vessel to capsize and get stuck against the bridge.As of early Friday evening, the death toll from catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil rose to 39, with 68 people still missing according to government officials. Credit: Matheus Hinterholz via Storyful
Governments issue health warnings as schools shut and crops fail, with fears that worse is to come as heatwave tightens grip
As China launches its Chang’e-6 mission to the far side of the moon, US officials have expressed alarm at the pace of its advancements
The body of a young boy was recovered from floodwaters near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, as search and rescue teams statewide continue to patrol streets and neighborhoods inundated by rainfall.
Brazil sees fourth environmental disaster in a year
The North will have a cloudy start to the day with some brighter spells and heavy showers developing.
The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 on Friday, officials said, as they warned of worse to come.
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Countries in South and Southeast Asia have been coping with a weeks-long heatwave which has seen record temperatures sweep parts of the region. Pupils in the Philippines, India and Bangladesh have been told to stay at home and learn remotely due to a severe health risk. Schools in Cambodia have also cut back on their hours.
After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space station. NASA turned to U.S. companies for astronaut rides after the space shuttles were retired.
Muddy brown waters have risen as high as rooftops in some areas after days of rain, while rescue teams have been out on inflatable rafts on roads turned to rivers.
Met Office forecasts show a mixed picture
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