Magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck south of the Kermadec Islands today at 10:10:08 UTC with epicenter located 130 km (80 miles) South of L’Esperance Rock, 386 km (239 miles) SouthWest of Raoul Island and 734 km (456 miles) NorthEast of Auckland, New Zealand (32.604°S,
The two intensely bright “stars” in the night sky tonight are a pair of dazzling planets: Venus and Jupiter as bright lights outshining all stars right now. If you have clear skies overhead, you should be able to spot these eye-catching worlds with your naked
Tropical storm “Sendong” could set sights on the southern Philippines by Friday if the latest Pacific tropical cyclone develops according to forecasts. The likely path and strength of this weather system would make for damaging wind and flooding rain reaching
Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) is on the path of selfdestruction. It is set to pass through the sun's intensely hot corona, within 87,000 miles (140,000 km) of the solar surface. This point of closest approach, called perihelion, is expected at 7 p.m. EST Dec. 15
The National Meteorological Service (SMN) reports that September was one of the driest months in some 70 years. All the signs suggest this is the worst year for drought since 1941. The worst drought in 70 years has left thousands of cattle dead and destroyed more than
Thailand has been experiencing one of its worst flood crises in recent history, with 64 of 77 provinces and more than five million people, about 8 per cent of the population, affected since July 2011. Worsening sanitation conditions, related to stagnating water and few
Strong magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Papua New Guinea today at 05:04:56 UTC and was located 89 km (55 miles) SSW of Lae, New Guinea, 123 km (76 miles) ENE of Kerema, New Guinea and 221 km (137 miles) NNW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (7.518°S, 146.767°E).
The conservation organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) just released a new report called “Wild Mekong” hightlightning the 208 species discovered in Greater Mekong region in past year. The Greater Mekong region, which sprawls across the countries of Cambodia,
Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) could become as bright as Jupiter or Venus when it "flames out," the glare of the sun will hide the event from human eyes. Solar observatories in space, however, will have a grand view. Yesterday the brightening comet entered the
Two new tropical depressions form in West pacific area. Tropical depression 26W formed off coast of Vietnam in South China Sea and heading toward Malaysia and Indonesia and tropical depresion 27 W is formed near Guam in Philippine Sea and heading toward
