Nobel Peace Prize: Could President Trump clinch much coveted award?
U.S. President Donald Trump credits himself with ending "seven wars in seven months" since he returned to the White House in January. With just a few ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is making history again. On December 24, the spacecraft will plunge into the sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona, pushing scientific boundaries further than ever before.
Launched in 2018, the probe has been inching closer to the sun using Venus's gravitational pull to fine-tune its orbit. It will now soar within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface, enduring scorching temperatures of up to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit while hurtling at speeds of 430,000 mph.
NASA explains that the probe's success lies in its advanced heat shield, which keeps its instruments at room temperature despite the sun's extreme heat. This technology allows the spacecraft to capture unprecedented data about solar activity.
As the sun enters its Solar Maximum phase, marked by intense solar flares and coronal mass ejections, the probe’s close proximity enables scientists to observe these explosive events in their raw form. These observations help researchers understand the sun’s dynamic behavior and its impact on the solar system.
The probe's earlier achievements include revealing the sun’s atmospheric boundaries and capturing close-up images of solar phenomena. NASA officials have expressed confidence in the spacecraft's resilience, though confirmation of its health post-flyby won’t come until Friday.
As Parker journeys deeper into uncharted territory, it promises to shed light on the mysteries of our solar system, marking a significant leap forward in our understanding of the cosmos.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
U.S. President Donald Trump credits himself with ending "seven wars in seven months" since he returned to the White House in January. With just a few hours to the announcement of Nobel Peace Prize, could he win the prestigious international award?
The United States will deploy 200 troops as part of a joint task force aimed at stabilising Gaza, though no U.S. personnel will be stationed within the Palestinian enclave, according to two senior U.S. officials on Thursday.
On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb finalised an agreement for the U.S. Coast Guard to acquire up to 11 icebreaker ships, enhancing U.S. national security in the Arctic.
A large-scale Russian attack on Friday morning caused a fire in a high-rise apartment building in central Kyiv and targeted energy infrastructure, officials reported.
On Thursday, the Trump administration proposed banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russian airspace on flights to and from the United States, arguing that the current practice puts American carriers at a disadvantage.
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