Fully crewed rocket will head to moon from Florida – first time since 1972 that humans will have left lower Earth orbit A little more than an hour before sunset on Florida’s space coast, up to 400,000 people packed on beaches and causeways will look to the heavens on Wednesday...
‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control
Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially Some reports suggest that by the end of this decade there could more than 60,000 active satellites in space. Launch by launch, what began with a...
‘Should never have been prescribed’: private UK cannabis clinics face call for tighter regulation
Family pushing for greater controls after inquest finds Oliver Robinson’s prescription was ‘obstacle’ to proper care Oliver Robinson felt he had exhausted conventional therapies when he left the Priory, a private mental health facility where he was treated for depression and addiction between 2019 and 2022. Initially he found relief...
Dame Carole Jordan obituary
Astrophysicist who studied the outer atmospheres of cool stars including the corona of the sun, visible during eclipses Dame Carole Jordan, who has died aged 84, was internationally renowned for her studies of the outer atmosphere of the sun and other cool stars. In 1994 she was appointed the first...
Vermont defends its landmark climate superfund law against Trump administration lawsuit
Vermont is defending its first-in-the-nation law that aims to make fossil fuel companies help pay for damage caused by climate change
The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant mother
An Argentine emigre in Florida quickly got her newborn son a U.S. passport last year
GOP sheriff in California pauses election probe as legal challenges grow
A California sheriff who seized more than half a million election ballots says he has paused the election fraud investigation
US lawmakers express support for stalled Taiwan special defense budget
U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan say the United States supports efforts by Taiwan's government to pass a $40 billion special defense budget that is being stalled in the opposition-controlled parliament
US reopens embassy in Venezuela months after military operation to remove Maduro
The United States has formally reopened its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, after the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country
For César Chavez supporters, a painful question: What to do with his legacy now
Sexual abuse allegations against the revered labor leader César Chavez have led to a swift fallout, leaving many to reconcile the legacy of a man who fought tirelessly for the rights of farmworkers