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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a giant exoplanet hidden inside one of the most closely examined planetary systems in the Milky Way. The nearby young star Beta Pictoris was already known to have two massive planets, Beta Pictoris b and Beta Pictoris c. Beta Pictoris b was among the first exoplanets ever photographed directly. The newly confirmed Beta Pictoris d raises the system’s known planet count to three, making Beta Pictoris only the second planetary system known to contain at least three imaged planets. However, astronomers did not initially recognize Beta Pictoris d as a bright point of…

The Telangana Health Department on Friday, July 24 issued an advisory stating that there is no need for public concern over the current COVID-19 situation, describing the recent increase in cases as a mild seasonal uptick similar to the trend observed during the same period last year.According to the advisory issued by Director of Public Health Dr B. Ravinder Nayak, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, based on assessments by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, and other expert agencies, has found no evidence of increased…

The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports.  This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a “duress” password built into a phone’s software. According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court’s first hearing on Monday, Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick is fighting the charges. Tunick’s attorneys said that it was unlawful for U.S.…

Office-focused funds and real estate investment trusts (REITs) raised more than $1 billion in the April-June quarter, driven by rising investor appetite for income-generating commercial real estate, particularly among domestic investors.According to research by Cushman & Wakefield, office-focused funds and REITs accounted for 51% of the $2 billion raised during the quarter, while multi-sector funds attracted the remaining 49%. Total fundraising was up 1.2 times year-on-year and 3.6 times sequentially.The report said REITs are increasingly tapping corporate debt markets through non-convertible debentures (NCDs), term loans and commercial paper (CP) to optimise their capital structures. Category II alternative investment funds (AIFs)…

Published on 24/07/2026 – 9:14 GMT+2 German Socialist MEP Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament’s trade committee, told Euronews that the EU should brace for further action from the US following the €890 million fine imposed on Google by the European Commission on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Tensions escalated across the Atlantic after US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the fine was “unreasonable” and created “uncertainty” for US-EU trade. Brussels imposed the fine on the tech giant under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is designed to curb Big Tech’s dominance in the EU’s digital markets and has been a…

Manoharpur lives with regret – regret of the fire that killed Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons on a winter night 27 years ago in this Santhal village of Odisha. The possibility now that the main accused, Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, a former Bajrang Dal member who is serving a life term, may get premature release has brought the memories back.Along with apprehension of what it might mean for the village that, on the face of it, is a long way from that night of January 22-23, 1999 – dotted by pucca houses and roads;…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens ahead of the state’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary.Stevens, a more centrist candidate, and progressive Dr. Abdul El-Sayed are considered the front-runners in the race as early voting starts on Saturday.Whitmer’s endorsement could give Stevens a boost in a state where the governor twice won by considerable margins.DEMOCRATS’ CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWN Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., speaks with media after a debate at WoodTV studios on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Grand…

Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman are the primary ringleaders behind “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”, and they’re about to unleash the next cluster of 10 Season 4 episodes for their spirited space show.With an abundance of genre-crossing indulgences that are scary, surreal, and sometimes silly, the Paramount+ hit is operating at full warp speed in this penultimate outing, the debut episode of which just premiered on July 23, 2026.We hitched a ride with the acclaimed executive producers to learn all about their vision for “Strange New Worlds'” fourth season and why they believe it will prove to be the…

In the past 12 months, Gunther has retired Goldberg, John Cena, and AJ Styles. On SmackDown just eight days before SummerSlam 2026, WWE subtly teased him retiring another major name. The 24th July episode of SmackDown opened with The Ring General, Gunther, in a contract signing for his match against Nick Aldis at SummerSlam 2026. The SmackDown General Manager officially relinquished his executive role in order to compete at SummerSlam, making Adam Pearce the de-facto (temporary) General Manager. Naturally, tensions were high right off the bat because it had been brewing for months and has finally exploded. Aldis, for his…

Tesla has closed the mysterious ~$2 billion acquisition of an AI hardware company that it first hinted at in April — and it did so, again, without naming the target or issuing a press release. The deal was confirmed in a single passage buried in Tesla’s Q2 2026 10-Q filing, which for the first time attached a final price: $1.95 billion, paid entirely in Tesla stock and equity awards. What the filing reveals According to the 10-Q, Tesla “acquired an AI hardware company in an asset acquisition for $1.95 billion in Tesla common stock and equity awards” during the second…