Astronauts create ‘exotic’ fifth state of matter on the International Space Station

A fifth state of matter, known as a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), has been created in the microgravity of the International Space Station for the first time.  This exotic and rare form of matter is only produced when a gas of boson like particles are cooled to temperatures just above absolute zero (about -459.67F).  Creating the … Read more

Moment International Space Station glides past the moon six hours after two NASA astronauts docked

Moment the International Space Station glides across the face of the moon just six hours after the historic arrival of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley arrived at ISS at 3.16pm BST on Sunday Italian photographer Alberto Panizza was ready to capture their moon pass Pair will stay … Read more

SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station

SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company. With test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken poised to take over manual control if necessary, the SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled up to … Read more

Russia plans to build its own space station when the ISS reaches the end of its life

Russia aims to build its own orbiting space base when the International Space Station (ISS) is no longer serviceable – to launch missions to the Moon and Mars.   The ISS has been under constant occupation by astronauts since November 2000 but due to structural fatigue needs to be decommissioned by 2030.  After this Roscosmos plans … Read more

Sophie Monk reveals the $6 service station snack she’s found hard to resist while in isolation

‘They’re just calling my name’: Sophie Monk reveals the $6 service station snack she’s found hard to resist while in isolation By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:49 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 05:49 BST, 18 May 2020 Sophie Monk in self-isolating with her boyfriend Joshua Gross in New South Wales during … Read more

Police to trace dead Victoria station ticket officer’s attacker through train ticket

The ticket officer who fell fatally ill with Covid-19 after a rail passenger spat in her face, called her colleague in the final hours before her death and gasped: ‘Pray for me.’ Dozens of friends and colleagues of Belly Mujinga are now demanding to know why bosses at London’s Victoria Station apparently failed to report … Read more

Vanessa Kirby looks stylish as she buys fruit at a petrol station

Vanessa Kirby looks stylish in a black jacket and floral-print trousers as she buys fruit at a petrol station… after Mission: Impossible 7 stopped filming amid coronavirus By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 16:48 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 17:15 BST, 15 May 2020 She was forced to head back to London after Mission: Impossible … Read more

Fenchurch Street station worker ‘spiked her supervisor’s coffee flask with cleaning fluid’

Fenchurch Street station worker, 31, spiked her station supervisor’s coffee with cleaning fluid during ongoing feud, court hears Aurora Iacomi, 31, allegedly spiked Angelina Raychinova’s flask on April 22   Raychinova said she felt a burning sensation in the liquid before she spat it out  Iacomi, of Ilford, faces charge of administering poison or a noxious … Read more