Richard M. Goldstein, a pioneer in planetary exploration who used ground-penetrating radar to map planets with techniques that scientists now use to measure geographic changes on Earth, including melting glaciers, died June 22 at his home in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. He was 97. His daughter, Rabbi Lisa L. Goldstein, confirmed the death. In the … Read more
A family is devastated after their beloved dog died from heat exhaustion on an Alaska Airlines flight. Angie and Gary Englegau are devastated by the death of their four-year-old French bulldog Frank. The couple moved from Hawaii to Portland, Oregon on June 30 when the tragedy occurred. “Life won’t be the same without him,” Angie … Read more
Margherita Lega, 41, was hiking in the Italian Alps with her family A mother has fallen 150 metres from a cable car in Italy after being dragged down in front of her shocked family. The woman, named Margherita Lega, was hiking with her family during a holiday in the Italian Alps when the strange tragedy … Read more
The death of a person in England has been linked to the ongoing E.coli outbreak, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. Lettuce has been identified as sourceas became apparent last week. While two people in England have died within 28 days of being infected with the current strain, information from clinicians suggests that “one … Read more
Glastonbury Festival revelers traveling to Somerset faced travel chaos from London Paddington today after all lines were blocked due to a fatal accident at the circuit. The person died in West Ealing in west London, resulting in mass cancellations on the Elizabeth Line, Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express services. Those traveling to Glastonbury will … Read more
Edward C. Stone, who opened a window to the farthest reaches of the solar system while serving as chief scientist of NASA’s Voyager mission, which oversaw a pair of spindly, plutonium-powered spacecraft that continue to operate billions of miles from Earth, died in June 9 at his home in Pasadena, California. He was 88. His … Read more
A vulnerable woman with a mental illness died after ‘absconding’ from a supermarket while on ‘supervised leave’ from a hospital with a care worker. Hayley Cowan, 29, who was being held under the Mental Health Act at Prestwich Hospital, ran away as both she and the care worker she was with went to the toilet … Read more
Humanity has lost an interstellar pioneer. Ed Stone, who was a project scientist for NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday (June 9) at the age of 88. “Ed Stone was a pioneer who dared mighty things in space. He was a dear friend to all who knew him, and a … Read more
Ed Stone, the scientist who spent 50 years leading NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission to the outer planets and led the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when it landed its first rover on Mars, died Tuesday. He was 88. A physicist who started on the ground floor of space exploration, Stone played a leading role in NASA missions … Read more
Stone took the lead in tailoring the peer-review process to the faster pace of the mission’s planetary encounters: In the early afternoon, after the data was collected, teams of scientists decided what they thought would be their best results for that day they were and held firm. their conclusions for feedback to the entire science … Read more