The 2013 Supermoon lit up the night sky over the weekend and worldwide viewers who were able to capture images of the spectacular phenomenon shared in on the internet. Those who were not able to witness the Supermoon, web site Space.com offers a free webcast on Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 June 24, Monday) courtesy of the Slooh Space Camera.
The 2013 Supermoon is set to peak from Saturday to Sunday, June 22-23, as the Moon makes its closest approach to planet Earth at a distance of over 200,000 miles. Viewers can witness the moon appearing 14% bigger and approximately 30% brighter compared to the regular full moon without any clouds covering the clear view.
Thirteen top Australian universities under 50 years have made it to the list of the world's best universities under 50. Queensland University of Technology ranked the highest among Australian universities as the top 26. The relatively "young" university went up several notches from top 40 in 2012 to top 26 this year's Times Higher Education list.
Customer Joe Gibson and his 3-year-old son were initially enjoying their meal at Friendly’s Sports Bar & Grill until the Missouri father got hold of the receipt. An angry Mr. Gibson shared the offensive receipt at the St. Louis Dispatch Facebook page to voice out the unpleasant incident.
"Hopefully there will be a positive out of it and that he will decide it's not the thing to do. I would be taking that as pretty bad karma," said Hamilton Senior Sergeant Freda Grace as quoted by the New Zealand Herald.
Queen Elizabeth II is the first-ever British sovereign to take home the gold cup in the Royal Ascot's 207-year history.
New Zealand's Telecom released information regarding the messaging service smartphone owners often use to keep in touch. Telecom mobile customers used Apple's iMessage service the most with 150,000 subscribers using it regularly. 140,000 customers preferred to use Facebook Messenger while 78,000 wants the free call and text service of Viber.
UFO sightings are being linked to the eruption of Mexico's Popocatépetl Volcano aka Popo on Monday. Paranormal speculators are linking the alleged UFO activity to the eruption, saying it could not have been a coincidence. However, the UFO itself remains a debated topic even as a video clip of the sighting has gone viral.
With the Indian economy slowing down to 5 percent in 2012 from 9 percent two years ago, the country is taking another beating amid a spree of recent incidents where women were brutally raped and attacked. More and more women tourists are hesitant to visit India, fearing similar attacks.
The 2013 Supermoon will take place in just a few days as it makes a close distance to planet Earth. Now, doomsayers are predicting that the June 22-23 Supermoon peak will deliver natural disasters as an effect such as tsunami, typhoon and earthquake.
New data released by IDC research firm shows the steady decline of iPad's dominance in New Zealand and Australia markets. The latest statistics show that more customers prefer to buy tablets with Google's Android operating system like Google Nexus and Samsung Galaxy Note.
Roger Stapleford, 56, suffered a humiliating verbal and physical abuse in the hands of two teen girls aboard a Melbourne train this week. The girls hurled expletives at him and threw a 50ml can that wounded his forehead with a 5cm gash, all because he asked one of them to remove her feet from a chair so he could sit his tired knees.
A storm is set to hit southern and central areas of New Zealand bringing strong winds, rain and snow. Weather reports say the storm will likely stay in the country for the next three days due to the unusual but powerful combination of weather systems.
Vinnies CEO Sleepout invites all business leaders and CEO to experience how it is to be homeless on Thursday, June 20.
RSCPA had reported an alarming high kill rates for impound dogs and cats
NASA announced Monday the Curiosity rover on Mars has successfully fired its laser on a Martian soil target, causing a pit to form. Meanwhile, UFO watchers and paranormal speculators remain curious of what the space science agency could be keeping from the public. A YouTube video tackles what might be some ancient structures on the red planet.
The lead contamination in Mount Isa was apparently caused by mining operations according to the results of a scientific study. Mining operations near the edge of the Queensland town runs day and night.
When Google announced another secret project called Project Loon on June 14, it was said that it was one of the most transformative Internet technologies of all time.
Kristi Anne Abrahams, a mother who was accused of murdering her six-year-old daughter, Kiesha Weippeart, pleaded guilty in court on the first day of her trial. The guilty plea marked the end of a three-year agony endured by relatives of the little girl.
The 92-year-old British royal patriarch, Prince Philip was released from the London Clinic on Monday, 10 days following his exploratory abdominal surgery last June 7.
A 74-year-old Australian grandfather spent 56 years donating his own blood that saved millions of lives.
Google is serious in fighting child pornography globally as it plans to create a global database of images relating to child abuse and porn. The Internet giant will also share the database with rival search engine companies in a stronger effort to eliminate child porn from the web.
The Great Barrier Reef of Australia may be listed as a UNESCO heritage site along with six other ancient sites in Syria. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation convened on Sunday for its annual gathering to decide which cultural treasure around the world deserves to be recognized as World Heritage site.
Finding love online might sound romantic but many Internet scams especially dating sites in the past year have cost Australians $93 million.
Fatherhood came too early for a pre-teener in New Zealand, who reports said, sired a child with a 36-year-old woman who is the mother of his school friend.
A new analysis of Internet search terms published by Mother Jones found an irony in the majority Muslim country of Pakistan because while the Asian nation is homophobic, it topped searches for gay terms in the Web such as shemale sex, teen anal sex and manf***king man.
Google pledges $1.6 million to the Internet Watch Foundation to fight child pornography in the Internet. The donation comes after British PM David Cameron urged Google to do something to address the issue of child porn.
At least 17 soldiers male army soldiers are being directly implicated in the latest internet sex scandal to rock the Australian Defence Force. Three have been served outright suspension, actions are underway to suspend five more, nine are facing possible disciplinary action and about 90 soldiers in the "periphery" of the act are being investigated.
It was supposed to be a regular maintenance workday for 49-year-old Stephen Schmidt and 26-year-old Victor Carballo, two New York City window washers, over 500ft high at Hearst Tower Manhattan until their tolerance for high places was put to the test. The men were stuck for 90 minutes on the platform that suddenly collapsed before the rescue team saved them.
On June 22 and 23, the Supermoon will make its closest approach to planet Earth appearing full, bright and huge in the eastern sky at a distance of about 356,000km compared to the average measured distance at 384,000km. Viewers can check out the unbelievably large 2013 Supermoon at a low horizon.
