Planetary scientists claim to have discovered a new stream of stars in the Milky Way, the galaxy in which our Solar System is located.
The international study, led by Dr Mary Williams of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, is part of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) and used data from Siding Spring Observatory to measure the velocities of 250,000 stars.

Nasa has released the first-ever 360-degree panoramic images of the Sun.
Two Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) satellites, launched in 2006, have gradually been drifting apart — one in front of the earth in its orbit, the other lagging behind.

A highway Roman invaders built has been uncovered in Britain — some 2,000 years later. The road linked London and Exeter in Britain. But when the Romans left Britain, nature reclaimed the highway. Now it has been unearthed in the forest depths of Dorset — free of the potholes that blight modern roads, the Daily Mail reported.

The family of superstar Madonna’s adopted Malawian daughter are threatening to take legal action against the “Queen of Pop”, claiming that she has broken her promise to let them see the five-year-old.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a British court on Monday to fight attempts to extradite him to Sweden over sex crime allegations.

Composer A.R. Rahman, who has been second time lucky in getting two nominations at the Oscars, will be performing at the prestigious award ceremony in Los Angeles yet again.

Queen Elizabeth II is said to have had a private screening of The King’s Speech and has found the Oscar-nominated film quite “moving”.

British prosecutors on Friday initiated criminal proceedings against three Pakistani cricketers — former skipper Salman Butt and fast bowlers Moham-mad Asif and Mohammad Aamer — and a British business

A judge has given late pop legend Michael Jackson’s family a go-ahead to sue the organisers of the King of Pop’s ill-fated London concerts.

Actor Ralph Fiennes is in talks to play an important role in the forthcoming 23rd James Bond movie where Daniel Craig plays the famous spy.