Pak expanding N-weapons programme: report

Pak expanding N-weapons programme: report Islamabad: Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme is expanding at a rapid pace and the country is expected to soon have a fourth operational reactor to ramp up the production of plutonium, according to a media report. According to new commercial satellite imagery obtained exclusively by Newsweek magazine, Pakistan is "aggressively accelerating construction" at the Khushab nuclear site, about 140 miles south of Islamabad. The report said the fourth nuclear reactor at...
12:11 PM, May 16, 2011

Pak is building third nuclear reactor

Pak is building third nuclear reactor Pakistan may be building a third reactor to produce plutonium, accelerating a nuclear arms race with India. ...
12:46 PM, Jun 22, 2007

Pak building a new nuclear reactor

Pak building a new nuclear reactor Satellite images show a new nuclear reactor that can produce weapons-grade plutonium. ...
02:47 AM, Jun 22, 2007

Pluto wins the war of words in US

Pluto wins the war of words in US After being demoted from the Solar System, Pluto has been promoted to being the word of the year. ...
08:30 AM, Jan 10, 2007

Largest known dwarf planet named Eris

Largest known dwarf planet named Eris The new planet whose discovery shook up the solar system and led to Pluto's planetary demise has been named Eris. ...
04:06 PM, Sep 15, 2006

Saving Pluto: scientists fight back

Saving Pluto: scientists fight back Hundreds of US scientists have challenged the decision to strip Pluto off its planetary status. ...
03:07 PM, Sep 02, 2006

New ways to learn planet names!

New ways to learn planet names! "My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas." That's just one of the ways people learnt the names of planets. ...
08:19 PM, Aug 25, 2006

Pluto demotion vindicates Aryabhatta

Pluto demotion vindicates Aryabhatta Indian astrologers say dropping Pluto as a planet endorse mathematical treatises of Aryabhatta and Varahamihira. ...
08:17 PM, Aug 25, 2006

Widow of Pluto discoverer 'shaken'

Widow of Pluto discoverer 'shaken' The widow of the astronomer who discovered Pluto is frustrated by the decision to strip it of its planetary status. ...
05:32 PM, Aug 25, 2006
First reactions to Pluto demotion

First reactions to Pluto demotion

While some spoke in favour of the decision, others expressed a “universal” disappointment. ...
09:47 AM, Aug 25, 2006

Pluto demoted from planet status

Pluto demoted from planet status Leading astronomers approved historic new guidelines under which distant Pluto is no longer defined as a planet. ...
07:15 PM, Aug 24, 2006

Pluto might lose its planet status

Pluto might lose its planet status Pluto’s orbit had crossed the orbit of its vastly larger neighbour Neptune. ...
05:41 PM, Aug 23, 2006

Earth to get three new neighbours

Earth to get three new neighbours The IAU proposed enlarging the world's understanding of the solar system to encompass 12 planets. ...
07:35 AM, Aug 17, 2006

Pluto’s planet-hood under test

Pluto’s planet-hood under test Our solar system would have 12 planets instead of nine under a proposed Big Bang expansion by leading astronomers. ...
08:18 PM, Aug 16, 2006
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