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January 20, 2026 — 2:00am Six months after its first orbital rocket cleared the launch tower for just 14 seconds before crashing back to earth, Gilmour Space Technologies has secured $217 million in funding that chief executive Adam Gilmour says finally gives Australia a fighting chance in the global space race. The funding round, led

A group of Jewish teenagers chased through the streets by a driver allegedly yelling antisemitic abuse have been left shaken, as police search for two suspects. The schoolboys were walking down Glen Eira Road at St Kilda East, in Melbourne's southeast, when they were approached by a white ute on Monday night. CCTV footage shows

The Opposition has fractured over Labor's anti-hate laws after Liberal amendments created a pathway to pass the legislation, despite criticism that it could stifle free speech. The suite of reforms, introduced in response to the Bondi terror attack , is likely to pass the Senate late on Tuesday evening after securing Liberal support, but it

Beaches along the NSW coast have been closed after four shark attacks in two days, with swimmers urged not to swim in murky water. Northern Beaches Council said all beaches in its area would remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, and this would be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Experts recommend swimming between the flags

Italian designer Valentino Garavani, whose luxurious dresses adorned some of the world's most elegant women from Jackie Kennedy to Audrey Hepburn, has died aged 93, his foundation said on Monday. Valentino's death comes just months after the passing of another Italian style legend, Giorgio Armani, and there were tributes from the global fashion world and

Regional Spanish officials said Monday that at least 40 people are confirmed dead after a high-speed rail collision in the country’s south that occurred after the tail end of one train jumped the track, causing another train speeding past in the opposite direction to derail. Juanma Moreno, the president of Andalusia, the southern Spanish region where the

There was a time when Stonehenge was believed to be a kind of “Neolithic computer.” Archaeology has since corrected that misconception. Today, the evidence points strongly in another direction: to an arid hill in the Casma Valley on Peru’s northern coast, about 200 miles north of Lima. There stands Chankillo, a complex built around 250

Key Takeaways on One-Celled Organisms One-celled organisms began influencing life once their descendants achieved multicellularity. Researchers once thought that this multicellularity transition was rather explosive, but it turns out that the organisms only needed a few minor tweaks. During Earth’s early history, bacteria changed the atmosphere, which helped spark multicelled life. Earth, as we know

Key Takeaways on People Born With A Tail People born with a tail either have true tails or pseudo-tails. A true tail is a vestigial body part that serves no function, while a pseudo-tail is the result of a medical condition. People born with a tail often have it surgically removed when they are children

Key Takeaways on How Many Satellites Circle Earth There are about 15,000 artificial satellites currently circling Earth, with most residing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The satellites circling Earth are changing the skies in various ways. They reflect sunlight, which can disrupt astronomers; they create pollution during launch and reentry, and they can cause dangerous