• Danuri records Falcon 9 lunar impact site and ejecta traces near Einstein crater

    ByReet Kaur

    South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter recorded terrain changes and ejecta traces around the site where a discarded Falcon 9 upper stage struck the Moon near Einstein crater at about 06:34 UTC on August 5, 2026. Danuri completed eight observation sessions around the collision, while the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope detected sodium and lithium emission associated with the impact for five to 10 minutes.

  • Two killed after firefighting helicopters collide near Psatha, Greece

    ByRishav Kothari

    A Greek firefighting coordinator and a Danish pilot were killed when two firefighting helicopters collided near Psatha, west of Athens, on August 2, 2026. A British pilot and a second Greek coordinator aboard the other aircraft survived and were transported for hospital treatment. At least 38 agricultural and forest fires had been reported across Greece between August 1 and 2. Meanwhile, the Greek police have arrested and imposed fines on more than 10 arsonists in association with different fires across the country since July 31.

  • 2 dead and 1 missing after 12-year-old rescued from rising waters at Lake Springfield, Missouri

    ByRishav Kothari

    Two teenage girls died and a 40-year-old woman remained missing as of June 17, 2026 after four members of the same family became trapped by rising water near the dam at Springfield Lake in Missouri at 16:30 LT on June 14. A 12-year-old was rescued shortly after the incident, while search operations involving more than 40 responders continued for the missing woman.

  • Body of Denver kayaker found in Yellowstone Lake, NPS says

    ByReet Kaur

    National Park Service rangers recovered the body of a 41-year-old man from Yellowstone Lake on June 8 after occupants of a vessel discovered him floating near Rock Point on the lake’s northwest shore near Bridge Bay. Authorities said the incident remains under investigation.