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HAMPSHIRE: Just two days ago, Ed Boon, creator of the upcoming game Mortal Kombat X, had rolled exclusive details about...

Brown snake swims through flags at Forster beach

LONDON: A brown snake gave swimmers and sunbathers on a NSW north coast beach a bit of scare when it...

First rare Coconut crab sighted in Hawaii since 1989

MEXICO: A coconut crab has hold on the Hawaii Island. The crab has been declared as an unlawful invasive species...

Hubble telescope takes awe-inspiring image of Eagle nebula’s ‘Pillars of Creation’: NASA

LONDON: Two decades after the Hubble space telescope released an awe-inspiring image of the Eagle nebula's 'Pillars of Creation', it's...

Comet Lovejoy surprisingly comes very near to Earth

FRANCE: If the weather helps, metro Detroiter sky-gazers will enjoy a dazzling appearance by Comet Lovejoy this week. That’s according...

Now astronomers can tell ‘real’ age of stars from their spinning

HONG KONG: Finding the real age of stars is one of the largest mysteries of our solar system. But now,...

Re-calibrating Earth: We will get an extra second on June 30

DUBLIN: Due to the rotation of the Earth falling behind schedule, one positive “leap second” will be added to the...

14 ‘Death Stars’ heading towards our solar system

WASHINGTON: There’s a fleet of “Death Stars” headed our way. This time, ruin actually could rain down upon us all....

Scientists discover ancient 59-letter ‘magical’ amulet

LANGA: One side of the stone amulet, which was uncovered in 2011 in the ancient city of Nea Paphos in...

Anti-whaling group criticizes Japan’s non-lethal whale research program in Antarctic

TOKYO: Japanese whalers will set out for Antarctic this week as Institute of Cetacean Research plans to conduct non-lethal research...

Technical problems delay rocket launch of spaceX Falcon 9 until Friday

NEW YORK: SpaceX Tesla chief executive Elon Musk’s private space company must wait until at least Friday for a test...

Astronomers find 8 new planets in ‘Goldilocks zone’

MIAMI: Astronomers announced that they have found eight new planets in the "Goldilocks" zone of their stars, orbiting at a...

China’s unmanned lunar orbiter return to moon’s orbit

BEIJING: Service module of China's unmanned lunar orbiter is listed to return to the moon's orbit . China's lunar orbiter...

Stonehenge dates back 6000 years: Most important discovery in 60 years can rewrite British prehistory

NEW YORK: Archaeologists are studying Stonehenge and its environs said that they have unearthed the remnants of an ancient encampment...

Super Earth exoplantes may host oceans on their surfaces

HARROW: Super Earth exoplantes may host oceans on their surfaces. According to a study from Laura Schaefer at the Harvard-Smithsonian...

2.3-tonne weight, 17.5hp motors, 17248 solar cells: Solar plane on round-the-world trip

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PAYERNE: The solar-powered plane is going to leave for Middle East where from it will attempt a revolutionary round-the-world trip....

800 firefighters race against time to contain South Australia’s raging bushfires

PERTH: As more than 800 firefighters race against time to contain South Australia’s raging bushfires, separate blazes also threaten lives...

410 times larger than Earth: Huge coronal hole spans about 400,000km

BRENT: The huge coronal hole close to the south pole of the Sun was captured by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly...

Two dwarf stars can wipe out humans by dropping comets on Earth

LONDON: A new assumption has indicated that humans could be wiped out by two dwarf stars by dropping torrent of...

US, Australian researchers develop robots to learn cooking by watching YouTube