August 10 Thrill ride malfunctions at popular music festival, leaving riders stuck upside down Boardmasters festival attendees were stranded upside down for 20 minutes when the Apollo 13 amusement ride malfunctioned at the Cornwall music event.
August 10 Reptile hunter climbs into apartment building dumpster to remove 16-foot python in Los Angeles Joseph Hart, a 24-year-old reptile hunter, rescued a massive 16-foot female python from a dumpster in Los Angeles. He later named the female snake "Apples."
August 10 Reptile hunter removes 16-foot python from LA apartment building dumpster Joseph Hart, sporting just jeans and a T-shirt, carefully removed the python from the apartment building dumpster in Los Angeles. (Credit: Instagram / @reptile.hunter)
August 10 Harvard physicist says massive interstellar object could be alien probe on 'reconnaissance mission' Massive interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, larger than Manhattan, shows unusual glow pattern and planetary alignment that Harvard physicist calls potentially technological.
August 10 Founding Father’s historic property in Boston tourist district hits market with one intriguing secret A historic Revolutionary War-era home once owned by John Hancock is up for sale in downtown Boston's Blackstone Block, the last surviving property tied to the Founding Father in the city.
August 10 Rare biblical seal with ancient fingerprint found in debris from Jerusalem's Temple Mount The Temple Mount Sifting Project recently uncovered a well-preserved biblical-era clay sealing with ancient Hebrew letters and clear fingerprint from a King Josiah-era official.
August 9 Astronauts splash down in Pacific after completing ISS mission that relieved stranded crew members NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers and two international crew members splashed down in the Pacific off California Saturday in the first such landing for NASA in 50 years.
August 9 Astronauts who replaced stranded ISS crew return to Earth after 5-month mission NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, splashed down in the Pacific on Saturday. (Credit: NASA/SpaceX)
August 9 Meteorite fragment that slammed through homeowner's roof is billions of years old, predates Earth: professor A meteorite that crashed through a Georgia home roof in June has been identified as billions of years old and older than the Earth, according to a geology professor.
August 9 Meteorite spotted in the Southern sky Dashcam footage captures a large fireball in the sky over Lexington, South Carolina, which was recently confirmed to be a meteorite fragment that crashed into a Georgia home on June 26, 2025. (Credit: William Jackson/TMX)