U.S. calls on China to prevent Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz and disrupting global oil flows.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on China to prevent Iran from blocking the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes. About 20% of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz. China is Iran’s biggest oil customer and maintains friendly relations w…

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Trump declares 'very successful attack' on Iran's nuclear program as US forces strike 3 key sites.

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday U.S. forces successfully launched attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, warning the country to "make peace," as future strikes loom. During an address to the nation, Trump said the U.S. military carried out massive precision…

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New AI model adds another tool to hurricane-forecasting toolbox.

Google releases AI-based computer forecast model. Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming a part of our daily lives. Now, its expanding in the weather forecasting realm. Last week Google announced the launch of its new weather model that uses artificial intelligence to he…

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered deep into one of the Milky Way's most radiation-intense star-forming regions, revealing that Earth-like planets can form even in the galaxy's most punishing environments. The observations expand the…

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SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in setback to Musk's Mars mission.

SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. The explosion occurred around 11 p.m. local time while Starship was on a …

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On this day in space! June 24, 1999: Cassini spacecraft flies by Venus.

On June 24, 1999, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew by Venus while making its way to Saturn. Taking advantage of Venus's gravity, Cassini gained enough momentum during the encounter to slingshot out past the asteroid belt. This was actually the second time Cassini swoop…

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Astronomers discover the largest comet from the outskirts of the solar system is exploding with jets of gas.

Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies at the very edge of the solar system, is bursting with chemical activity. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the team discovered that C/2014 UN2…

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SpaceX's Starship explodes before 10th test flight.

SpaceX's newest Starship vehicle just went up in smoke. The company was testing a Starship upper stage at its Starbase site in South Texas on Wednesday night (June 18), to prepare for the megarocket's upcoming 10th flight test. But something went very wrong, the vehic…

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Sun Releases Strong Flare.

The Sun emitted a strong flare, peaking at 5:49 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio com…

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2 Chinese spacecraft just met up 22,000 miles above Earth.

China brought two spacecraft together high above Earth as part of a refueling demonstration mission, according to a space situational awareness company. China's Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites had been moving toward each other in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,236 …

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France to buy surveillance aircraft from Sweden's Saab.

France has signed a declaration of intent to buy two Global Eye military aircraft from Saab, opens new tab, with options for two further planes, the Swedish defence group said in a statement on Wednesday. A final procurement could be signed in the coming months, subject to f…

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US FDA approves Gilead's twice-yearly injection for HIV prevention.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences (GILD.O), opens new tab lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, for preventing HIV infection in adults and adolescents. Gilead said the drug will be sold under the brand name Yeztugo. Investors and AID…

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US to end LGBT suicide prevention service, says general hotline sufficient.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is ending funding for an LGBT suicide prevention hotline that it says encourages "radical gender ideology," a move that the project running the service called "devastating." The Trevor Project, a non-profit…

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Astronomers capture the most intricate picture of a galaxy in a thousand colors ever seen.

Astronomers have obtained a stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, painted in thousands of colors that reveals the intricacies of galactic systems. The incredible image of the galaxy — located around 11 million light-years away and also known as NGC 253 — was collected w…

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50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes.

Amazingly, the samples of material from the moon retrieved by the Apollo missions are still providing new insights more than 50 years later, in this case how tiny glass beads that litter the lunar surface are telling us about the explosive volcanic plumes that formed them 3…

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Mysterious radio pulses detected high above Antarctica may be evidence of an exotic new particle, scientists say.

A cosmic particle detector has spotted a burst of strange radio signals from the ice of Antarctica that currently defy explanation. The results could hint at the existence of new particles, or interactions between particles currently unknown to physics, scientists say. The m…

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SpaceX launch from California sends 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.

SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites from California on Monday evening (June 16). A relatively new Falcon 9 rocket, making only its third flight, lifted off at 8:36 p.m. PDT local (11:36 p.m. EDT or 0336 GMT June 17) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space For…

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Honda unexpectedly enters the space race with first successful rocket launch.

In a bizarre twist, Honda, the Japanese car manufacturer, has taken its engineering off-road—and into space. The company launched and landed a prototype reusable rocket on Tuesday, June 17, marking a key milestone toward its newfound goal of achieving suborbital spaceflight…

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Astronomers discover ultrapowerful black hole jet as bright as 10 trillion suns.

Astronomers have discovered extraordinarily powerful X-ray jets blasting from two supermassive black holes that are so ancient that the jets shine in the afterglow of the Big Bang. Using data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (…

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Galapagos tortoise celebrates his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day at Zoo Miami.

A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day on Sunday 15 June 2025. Goliath, a 517-pound (234-kilogram) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, became a father for the first time earlier this month, zoo officials said. One egg out o…

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Bacteria found on China’s Tiangong space station shows unique adaptations for space survival.

Earlier this year, scientists in China made an intriguing discovery: a strain of bacteria found aboard the Tiangong space station in 2023 appeared to be a variety never previously identified on Earth. Following its discovery by members of the Shenzhou-15 mission, the crew sw…

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Powerful solar flare erupts from sun triggering radio blackouts across North America.

An Earth-facing sunspot has turned into a prolific flare factory, firing off multiple powerful M-class solar flares in less than 24 hours, along with several minor C-class eruptions. The most intense of these solar flares erupted on June 15, peaking at 2:25 p.m. EDT (1825 GM…

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Trump reports more than $600 million in income from crypto, golf, licensing fees.

Donald Trump reported more than $600 million in income from crypto, golf clubs, licensing and other ventures in a public financial disclosure report released on Friday that provided a glimpse of the vast business holdings of America’s billionaire president. The annual financ…

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14,000-year-old mummified ‘puppies’ weren’t dogs at all, new research shows.

Two well-preserved ice age “puppies” found in Northern Siberia may not be dogs at all, according to new research. Still covered in fur and naturally preserved in ice for thousands of years, the “Tumat Puppies,” as they are known, contain hints of a last meal in their stomach…

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Pluto's hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope find.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic molecules a kick out of Pluto's atmosphere, where some are subsequently b…

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'Uranus is weird.' Big moons of tilted ice giant hide a magnetic mystery, Hubble telescope reveals.

New data from the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that Uranus' largest moons are gathering dust — literally. Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun and home to 28 known moons, is well known for its bizarre tilt. The planet spins almost completely on its side, an oddball…

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Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit.

Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit for the Japanese company iQPS on Wednesday morning (June 11). An Electron rocket topped with the QPS-SAR-11 spacecraft lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Wednesday at 11:31 a.m. EDT (1531 GMT; …

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James Webb Space Telescope sees 1st exoplanet raining sand alongside 'sandcastle' partner world.

Noted sand-hater Anakin Skywalker may want to cross the planetary system of YSES-1 off his list of potential summer vacation locations. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a youthful star located 300 light-year…

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Sri Lanka Cricket Awards - 2024

Kamindu Mendis and Chamari Athapaththu were the biggest winners at the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Awards on Monday night. The awards ceremony recognized Sri Lankan players who performed exceptionally in 2024. Men’s Categories Kamindu Mendis had an exceptional 2024, topping the r…

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Goodbye to petroleum in the world — $9 bn reactor switched in America for the first time.

It seems that we can finally say goodbye to oil as an energy source, and what’s more, we are on the verge of eliminating carbon emissions from our environment. Why? Well, small modular nuclear reactors are emerging as a somewhat realistic promise to replace fossil fuels. On…

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