Melbourne, May 11 (ANI): Readers worldwide do not mind paying for online news content, according to a survey.

London, May 11 (ANI): Google is preparing to launch a mobile phone application called Star Droid that can help amateur astronomers identify stars and planets.

London, May 11 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that a 250-million-year shutdown of volcanic activity which is thought to have occurred early in Earth’s history may be what turned the planet into a glacier-covered snowball, and give rise to our oxygen-rich atmosphere.

London, May 11 (ANI): A panel of international experts has predicted that the Sun’s new solar cycle, which is thought to have begun in December 2008, will be the weakest since 1928.

Washington, May 11 (DPA) For nearly 20 years the Hubble Space Telescope has kept its orbiting eye trained on the universe, and with the launch of space shuttle Atlantis to repair the ageing instrument, scientists hope it will continue to provide important discoveries.

The fifth and last mission to repair Hubble is to launch at 1801 GMT Monday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Atlantis crew will undertake five spacewalks, adding two new instruments, repairing two others and replacing other hardware in frequently delicate operations.

Moscow, May 10 (RIA Novosti) A major fire that broke out after a natural gas pipeline exploded in west Moscow early Sunday has been extinguished, the emergencies ministry said.

“The fire at the gas pipeline on Ozernaya Street in west Moscow has been liquidated. Work continues to cool the metal pipe,” said Yevgeny Bobylev, spokesman of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The blaze was put out 15 hours after it erupted, he added.

Washington, May 10 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found out that the reason behind the basking sharks’ mysterious disappearance from the cool waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is because the marine species take tropical vacations.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the study shows that the sharks, which grow up […]

London, May 10 (ANI): An audio clip of Christian Bale screaming abuse at director of photography on the set of his new film ‘Terminator Salvation’ became a YouTube hit when it was leaked online in February. However, he’s not the only celebrity who had his bad behaviour caught on camera - and then shared with the world.