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Nick and Diane met stranded in Newfoundland on 9/11 and fell instantly in love… 25 happy years later they tell the life-affirming full story (including moment a blushing flight attendant caught them canoodling!)
Nick Marson, a British businessman, and Diane, a Texan divorcee, met by chance in September 2001 after their separate flights were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Their flight was one of 38 planes carrying around 6,700 passengers rerouted to the small Canadian town, and the pair struck up a connection while…
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SpaceX’s recovered Starship 40 will take months to get back to Texas
SpaceX’s Starship 40, launched from Starbase in South Texas on 24 July, unexpectedly survived splashdown in the Indian Ocean after a roughly 65-minute suborbital test flight, giving engineers a rare intact upper stage to examine rather than relying on telemetry and debris. Recovery has proved a slow, multi-stage process: after 24 days at sea, crews…
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The Exploration Company nabs $450 million to challenge SpaceX
The Exploration Company (TEC), a European space startup, has raised $450 million in what it calls the largest-ever Series C funding round by a European space firm, as investors bet on rivals to challenge SpaceX’s dominance in reusable spacecraft. The Munich-founded, multi-country company aims to build a reusable European heavy-lift launcher, tapping into growing concerns…
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Trump strikes Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island as gas prices skyrocket
US military forces reportedly struck Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday night, according to several military sources cited by Fox News. The strikes form part of a wider American economic strategy aimed at weakening Iran’s economy by sinking or disabling crude tankers, cutting off the regime’s ability to…
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The universal language of space is… Star Trek? Mais oui.
An ESA astronaut aboard the International Space Station has marked Star Trek’s 60th anniversary by wearing a replica Starfleet badge in a video tribute to the franchise’s enduring link with real-world space exploration. Expedition 75 flight engineer Sophie Adenot donned the Delta badge worn by actor Anson Mount, who plays Captain Pike in Star Trek:…
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Sylvia Hoeks Joins Apple TV’s ‘Disavowed’
Sylvia Hoeks has joined the cast of Apple TV’s forthcoming action thriller “Disavowed” as a series regular, expanding the roster around lead James Marsden. The show, created by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, follows a disgraced former CIA case officer who pursues a $15 million federal bounty on an assassin after being fired mid-investigation into…
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Nadine Dorries reveals deepfake ordeal as NHS “revolving door” exposed and Iranian sisters sentenced
A former MP describes being violated by AI-generated abuse, an investigation reveals disgraced NHS bosses being rehired, and Iranian twins face death and prison terms for protesting; plus New Hampshire’s Senate primaries, a £7.8bn UK space strategy and Cavan Sullivan’s MLS form.
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Marvel’s Ex-Blade Director Finally Made the Mahershala Ali Movie of His Dreams
Bassam Tariq, once tapped by Marvel to direct a “Blade” reboot starring Mahershala Ali, left that project in 2022, and it was ultimately shelved by the studio. Rather than abandon his creative partnership with Ali, Tariq channelled the experience into a new film, “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother”, a personal drama about a Muslim…
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The rise in drive prices is being driven by AI and even HDDs can’t hide
The cost of computer storage is climbing sharply as the AI data centre boom drives up demand for both solid-state drives (SSDs) and, increasingly, traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). While a shortage of NAND flash memory has already pushed SSD prices up dramatically, HDDs are now being caught up too, as hyperscale data centre operators…
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The secret to protecting next-gen spacecraft might be eggshells
Chinese researchers have developed a 3D-printed aluminium material inspired by the structure of eggshells, which they say could offer improved protection for spacecraft against the growing threat of space debris. The problem has become more pressing as satellite constellations, telescopes and spacecraft proliferate in orbit, following incidents such as a 2007 debris strike that punched…