On Episode 188 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut, who took had his second confirmation as NASA's next leader.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 188 — A New NASA Leader Rises?

The waning moon shines close to the king of the planets on Dec. 7.

Don't miss Jupiter shining close to the waning gibbous moon on Dec. 7

Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a "confidential commercial customer" on Thursday morning (Nov. 20), just a few hours after giving notice of the impending liftoff.

Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite to orbit tonight

Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow.”

How a cocktail of rogue storms and climate chaos unleashed deadly flooding across Asia

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured an awe-inspiring photograph of a skydiver’s silhouette in front of the sun.

Andrew McCarthy's awe-inspiring image of a skydiver in front of the sun

Two were arrested for terror-related activity in the West Bank, while nine were arrested for criminal activity in Umm al-Fahm. The IDF and Israel Police arrested eleven people over the weekend in crime and terror-related activities since Thursday, according to statements by the IDF, Shin Bet, and Israel Police.

IDF, police arrest eleven for criminal, terror-related activity over weekend

Merz will also meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday morning, before visiting Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial later in the day. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told President Isaac Herzog that Germany wants to be more involved in the situation in the Gaza Strip, including the return of the remains of the final hostage, St.

Herzog, German Chancellor Merz discuss final Gaza hostage, Arrow 3 exchange in Jerusalem

Gunmen stormed a hostel near Pretoria and opened fire, killing 11 people including a three-year-old.

At least 11 killed in South Africa mass shooting

Esther says she faced sexual violence on her journey to Europe after fleeing abuse in Nigeria.

Single women risk rape and exploitation in search for better life in Europe

Drone strikes on a town in South Kordofan on Thursday are said to have killed at least 50 people.

Deadly attack on kindergarten reported in Sudan

In the statement, Katz indicated that combat soldiers and other conscripts who are already serving and scheduled to complete their service during 2026 may have to delay their discharge from the IDF. The standard amount of service time for an IDF soldier is to be extended from 30-32 months to 36 months, according to a plan being prepared by Defense Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich , the pair announced in a Friday morning statement following the approval of the state budg

Defense Minister Katz moves to extend IDF service to 36 months

The issue of forcing citizens to serve in the military is back as the war between Russia and Ukraine grinds on.

Which European countries have mandatory or voluntary military service

The UN condemned continued incidents of summary executions, arbitrary killings, abductions, sexual violence, arbitrary detentions, looting and the destruction of homes. The Syrian regime needs to take more steps to ensure an end to the violence targeting minority groups in Syria, including violent offences against the Druze community, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights insisted on Friday ahead of the anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime.

‘More should be done’: UN pushes Syrian regime on justice for Druze, Alawites and minority groups

The deputy for the slain Yasser Abu Shabab, Duhaini was documented walking among the militia’s operatives and boosting their morale after his predecessor's death. Ghassan Al-Duhaini, deputy official to the slain Popular Forces militia head Yasser Abu Shabab, has been appointed to lead the anti-Hamas armed group in Rafah in southern Gaza.

Ghassan Al-Duhaini to replace Abu Shabab as Popular Forces leader in Gaza

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has removed his former chief of staff Andriy Yermak from the National Security Council amid a sprawling corruption investigation that has rocked Kiev. Yermak is also no longer a member of the Stavka, the high command of Ukraine's armed forces, according to two presidential decrees published on Friday.

Zelensky confidant dismissed from further posts amid bribery scandal

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the sarcophagus.

Treasure trove found in Egyptian tomb solves ancient mystery

An alleged Palestine Action member has told jury the group "didn't want any harm" during a break-in.

Violence 'never part' of break-in plan, court told

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine panel on Thursday delayed a vote on the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.

RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel delays hepatitis B shot vote after chaotic meeting

The Abu Shabab militia is a result of a short-sighted Israeli policy that doesn’t seem to want to see a legitimate and stable Gaza governance emerge. Gaza militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab was killed on Thursday, according to numerous reports.

Yasser Abu Shabab's killing raises questions about Israel's militia strategy in Gaza

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is seeking a solution with Belgium on the issue of the provision of Russian funds to support Ukraine. On Thursday, Merz said that he was taking the Belgian government's concerns seriously.

Merz postpones Norway trip for Belgium talks on frozen Russian assets

If Thailand complied, it would deliver a painful blow to Israel’s agricultural sector at the very moment it was struggling to recover from the shock of the attack. Iran offered Thailand help in securing the release of Thai hostages held in Hamas captivity on the condition that Bangkok label Israel an “unsafe country” and instruct its tens of thousands of agricultural workers working there to leave immediately, two sources familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

Hostages as leverage: Iran's secret demand aimed at crippling Israel's agriculture

Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, and Slovenia refuse to participate in next year’s event after calling for Israel to be bann

Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s inclusion

The Israeli military says it struck Hezbollah sites, less than 24 hours after Israel and Lebanon sent civilian envoys to meet.

Israel strikes south Lebanon after first direct talks in decades

Several Israeli soldiers were injured in calshes in the south of the Gaza Strip, despite a fragile ceasefire, the Israeli army said on Wednesday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said "troops encountered several terrorists who emerged from an underground terrorist infrastructure.

Israel says soldiers wounded in Gaza fighting amid fragile truce

In a surprising turn of events, Malaysia’s transport ministry has decided to resume its search for the missing MH370 flight, more than ten years after the aircraft vanished without leaving a viable explanation. Authorities from the Southeast Asian country confirmed in an official statement that the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft will commence […] The post Malaysia To Revive Search for Missing Flight MH370 appeared first on Mandatory.

Malaysia To Revive Search for Missing Flight MH370

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A federal labor judge in Brazil ordered the government to add a poultry unit of meatpacker JBS to a so-called "dirty list" of employers responsible ​for subjecting workers to slavery-like conditions, according to a Tuesday court ruling seen by Reuters. The case ‌stems from a federal raid last year that found 10 people working in slavery-like conditions for a contractor hired to load and unload cargo ‌for poultry unit JBS Aves, in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul stat

Brazil judge orders government to add JBS subsidiary to 'dirty list' for slavery

Rescue workers say they recovered bodies from a camp for displaced people. The IDF says it "struck a Hamas terrorist".

Five killed in Israeli air strikes on tents near Khan Younis, medics say

A Palestinian journalist has been killed in an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip, according to media reports Tuesday. Another journalist was injured in the drone strike in Khan Younis in the south of the territory, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Journalist reported killed in the Gaza Strip

Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms collapsed hillsides and left vast parts of cities under water.  From mapping high-risk areas to reimagining “sponge cities” that can absorb and release water naturally, Vietnam is investing billions to adapt to what experts call a new era of climate extremes.  In smaller cities like Vinh in central Vietnam, these ideas are taking shape.

Vietnam rethinks its flood strategy as climate change drives storms and devastation

When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down.  Luis Cassiano, who's lived here more than 30 years, says he's getting worried as heat waves become more frequent and fierce.  In poor areas such as Arara, those who can afford air conditioning — Cassiano is one — can't always count on it because of frequent power outages on an overloaded system.

As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake

A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming.  The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an unusual silence settled over their village in Minas Gerais, a southeastern Brazilian state where forested hills give way to the winding Doce River.  A mining dam owned by Samarco — a joint venture between Brazilian company Vale and Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton — burst upstream near the town of Mariana, unleashing a to

A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

Israel’s Supreme Court escalates its review of the Judicial Selection overhaul, assigning the case to all 11 justices and delaying hearings to June. Debating the heart of the judicial reform legislation – the overhaul of the Judicial Selection Committee – will be the entire 11-justice bench of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Isaac Amit, Deputy Chief Justice Noam Sohlberg, and Justice Dafna Barak-Erez announced on Tuesday evening.

Full Supreme Court to hear challenge to Judicial Selection Committee law

Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris, China’s space agency said.

Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth delayed over fears spaceship damaged by debris

Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita.  Reports of sometimes deadly encounters with brown bears and Asiatic black bears are being reported almost daily ahead of hibernation season as the bears forage for food.  Since April, more than 100 people have been injured and at least 12 killed in bear attacks across Japan, according to Environment Ministry statistics at the end of

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