Washington: The Hubble Space Telescope got its first peek at a mysterious blob that is giving birth to new stars, some only a couple million years old, in remote areas of the universe where stars don't normally form. The blob of gas was first discovered by a Dutch school teacher in 2007 and is named Hanny's Voorwerp (HAN'-nee's-FOR'-vehrp). Voorwerp is Dutch for object. NASA released the new Hubble photo Monday...
04:02 PM, Jan 12, 2011
London: Scientists have discovered that there's more than one way for older galaxies to stay young - by cannibalising their smaller neighbours. Astronomers studying an elderly elliptical galaxy, NGC 4150, have found that it is still producing stars despite its advanced age believed to be more than a billion years. New observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope revealed that NGC 4150 is keeping itself fat, sassy, youthful and reproductive by...
06:32 PM, Nov 23, 2010
Toronto: Posting online comments or YouTube videos anonymously may soon be over if some recent cases are anything to go by. A Toronto cop, who was mocked after videos of his actions during the G-20 summit here in June were posted on YouTube, is suing Google for $1.2 million in damages and seeking the identity of user ‘theforcebewithme’ who posted them and 24 others who made derogatory comments against him....
10:57 AM, Oct 18, 2010
The rules of Scrabble may not remain the same. Reports suggest that the owners are set to change the rules of the mind game that has gripped players around the world. Come July, and places, celebrities and company names - 'capitalised words' -- will be accepted in the wordgame. The owners are even considering allowing words to be spelt backwards, upwards and to be placed on the board without connecting to another word. Do you think Scrabble rules should be changed?
01:07 PM, Apr 07, 2010
Hubble shows the universe when it was just a toddler. ...
12:02 PM, Jan 06, 2010
CNN catches up with MJ's oddest companion, Bubbles. ...
03:11 AM, Jul 04, 2009
Bad weather had prevented its planned landing in Florida on Friday. ...
12:16 AM, May 25, 2009
US astronauts to upgrade and repair the ageing Hubble space telescope. ...
01:05 PM, May 15, 2009
The astronauts plan a camera survey of the telescope's condition. ...
02:17 AM, May 14, 2009
The Tata Nano is the world's cheapest car at Rs 1 lakh. ...
03:03 AM, Apr 11, 2009
It is definitely a looker, with an unconventional shape, comprising fluid curved edges. ...
03:32 AM, Mar 04, 2009
Hasbro Inc sued the brothers in Kolkata, who created the Scrabulous program. ...
02:43 AM, Jul 30, 2008
Johannesburg: Lasith Malinga's five-wicket haul and Dinesh Karthik's whirlwind 74 went in vain as Chennai Super Kings eked out a narrow six-run win over Mumbai Indians in an inconsequential Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 here. Even before the first ball was bowled, the match was rendered a dead-rubber after Lions notched up a five-wicket victory over Yorkshire earlier today to become the second team from Group B ...
02:37 AM, Jul 10, 2008
Kingston: They might be at loggerheads with the West Indies Cricket Board, but explosive batsman Chris Gayle and pacer Jerome Taylor could still make it to the national squad for the upcoming ODI series against India. The two players' decision to compete in the IPL after recovering from injuries had not gone down well with the WICB. The duo ended up offending the Board all the more by claiming that...
08:27 PM, Jan 30, 2008
The brothers were so crazy about Scrabble, they created a free website. ...
12:52 AM, Oct 03, 2007
The brothers were so crazy about Scrabble, they created a free website. ...
11:21 PM, Oct 02, 2007
Fan Yang created a bubble of 13 compartments in a bid to set a Guinness Record. ...
04:47 PM, Jun 21, 2007
New York artist uses chocolate to make Jesus statue and Senator scrambles to explain bobbling head. ...
02:02 AM, Apr 06, 2007
The wife of Italy's former prime minister Berlusconi demanded a public apology from him for making sexist quips. ...
08:06 PM, Jan 31, 2007
What would you call a sport where you roll along downhill in a bubble? For the uninitiated this is called zorbing. ...
03:45 PM, Dec 28, 2006
