Skyscraper-sized asteroid travelling at 11,000mph will zip past Earth at a distance of 3.1 million miles this weekend The asteroid has been called 163348 (2002 NN4) and was first spotted in 2002 It will make its closest approach to the Earth at 04:20 BST on Saturday 6 June The 1,870ft space rock is more than 400ft … Read more
A ‘Full Strawberry Moon’ will appear in the sky tonight and it will coincide with a subtle penumbral lunar eclipse, according to astronomers. While it is called a Strawberry Moon, that doesn’t mean it will appear red or pink, the name comes from the fact strawberries are ready to harvest this time of year. However, … Read more
SpaceX will launch another 60 of its Starlink internet satellites into space tonight, bringing the total number in orbit around the Earth to 482. The 60 satellites are set to launch from the firm’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:55pm EDT on June 3 (1:55am BST June 4). SpaceX is adding to … Read more
Britons will be able to see a rocket hurtle across the sky at 10.15pm tonight – as it loops around the Earth two hours after taking off from America. The Falcon 9, the first manned space flight to leave US soil for nine years, is set for blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8.22pm … Read more
Britons will be able to see a rocket hurtle across the sky at 9.50pm tonight as it heads for the International Space Station. The Falcon 9, the first manned space flight to leave US soil in nine years, is set for blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 21.33 BST (16:33 ET) this evening. Elon … Read more
A conservationist has undertaken one of ‘history’s biggest habitat recovery projects’ and moved 24 lions from five locations across South Africa to a new home hundreds of miles away. Ivan Carter and his team transported the animals by plane and truck to the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique, an area which has been without the predators for … Read more
The Prime Minister has tonight backed his top aide Dominic Cummings after he was hit by allegations of flouting lockdown rules multiple times. From ‘career psychopath’ to Brexit mastermind, Dominic Cummings has so far cut a controversial figure during his time as Boris Johnson‘s most senior adviser, after making a name for himself as the … Read more
‘I am not cooking tonight’: Amanda Holden jokes her family will have to fend for themselves as she has a ‘ladies’ night’ for fundraising event By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 19:58 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 19:59 BST, 22 May 2020 Amanda Holden has joked her family are going to have to fend … Read more
National Lottery website and app both crash after power failure ahead of £5m Lotto draw tonight Customers trying to access the website are told online services are ‘unavailable’ The power outage took place in the Watford area, an town northwest of London On Twitter, The National Lottery apologised for any inconvenience caused today By James Wood For … Read more
Jimmy Fallon plays Nicolas Cage as Joe Exotic in latest gag for The Tonight Show at home: ‘Not only am I the Tiger King, I’m also the king of husbands’ By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 06:22 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 06:22 BST, 6 May 2020 With the news that Oscar-winning actor Nicolas … Read more