Topic: Earth

Tags: bus-sized asteroid shaves earth
January 29, 2012

Bus-sized asteroid shaves by Earth

WASHINGTON  - An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth on Friday in what ...

Tags: beauty buried maunds earth
January 26, 2012

Beauty buried under maunds of earth

Bashir TariqLAHORE - When you plan a project, you keep in mind many, if not all, future ...

Tags: strong solar storm lash earth
January 25, 2012

Strong solar storm to lash Earth today

OUR planet is being bombarded by high-energy particles unleashed by the strongest solar storm since ...

Tags: stranded mars probe fall earth
January 05, 2012

Stranded Mars probe could fall to Earth

MOSCOW  - Fragments of Russia’s stranded Mars probe Phobos-Grunt could fall to Earth on ...

Tags: Newlydiscovered Planet Earth
November 27, 2011

Newly-discovered planet just like Earth

SCIENTISTS have discovered a planet which could have the most Earth-like environment ever found - ...

Tags: Xrays Journey Centre Earth
November 12, 2011

X-rays journey to centre of Earth

An experiment to recreate the extreme conditions of the centre of the Earth was officially opened ...

Tags: Large Asteroid Makes Rare Flyby Earth
November 10, 2011

Large asteroid makes rare fly-by of Earth

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A big asteroid made its closest fly-by of Earth in 200 years on Tuesday, but ...

Tags: Doomsday Comet Makes Closest Approach Earth
October 17, 2011

'Doomsday comet makes closest approach to Earth

ANTICIPATED by doomsayers as a potentially catastrophic event, Comet Elenin traversed the closest ...

Tags: Heavens Showered Earth Gold
September 09, 2011

Heavens showered Earth with gold

PARIS (AFP) - Were it not for meteorites striking Earth some four billion years ago, humans would ...

Tags: China Pays Price Worlds Rare Earth Addiction
May 02, 2011

China pays price for worlds rare earth addiction

BAOTOU, China (AFP) Peasant farmer Wang Tao used to grow corn, potatoes and wheat within a stones ...

Tags: Rootsians Celebrates Earth Day
April 23, 2011

Rootsians celebrates Earth Day

RAWALPINDI Earth Day is a special day to learn about our planet and how to take care of it. Earth ...

Tags: Asteroid Whizzes Earth
April 17, 2011

Asteroid whizzes by earth

AN asteroid as strong as 15 atomic bombs whizzed past earth last night at just ten times the ...

Tags: Warid Celebrating Earth Hour
March 23, 2011

Warid celebrating Earth Hour

LAHORE - Show your support for Earth Hour 2011. The hour to make a difference is coming. Join ...

Tags: Supermoon Disrupt Earth Weather
March 09, 2011

Could 'supermoon disrupt Earth weather?

IT promises a unique photo opportunity for amateur astronomers. Earth will next week be at its ...

Tags: Google Sends Nexus 60000ft Earth
December 26, 2010

Google sends Nexus S 60,000ft above Earth

ITS official - there are little green men in space. Disappointingly the aliens are not from another ...

Tags: Life Earth Kickstarted Three Billion Years Ago
December 20, 2010

Life on Earth kickstarted three billion years ago

PARIS (AFP) - Life on Earth dramatically surged around three billion years ago, possibly when ...

Tags: Soyuz Crew Lands Safely Earth Iss
November 27, 2010

Soyuz crew lands safely on earth from ISS

MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts came safely back to Earth from the ...

Tags: Whispering Earth Shahid Opens Today
November 26, 2010

'Whispering Earth' by Shahid opens today

Islamabad All the figurative ceramics whispering the different facets of life around are the main ...

WWF-Pak awards 'Green Office' certification to Synergy Earth Global

LAHORE - Synergy Earth Global (SEG) has become the first business in Pakistan to achieve the ...

Tags: Earth Day
April 22, 2010

Earth Day

LAHORE (PR) - Earth Day is being celebrated by the Pearl Continental not just as an event but also ...

Tags: Onehour Outage Earth Hour
March 28, 2010

One-hour outage for Earth Hour

LAHORE - The people of Pakistan Saturday joined hands with the World by switching off their lights ...

Tags: Dinosaurs Wiped Asteroid Crashing Earth
March 06, 2010

Dinosaurs wiped out by an asteroid crashing into earth

DINOSAURS - rulers of Earth for 160 million years - all died within days of a giant explosion, ...

The 'Boneyard': 22b 'military cemetery' pictured in stunning Google Earth photos

The worlds most expensive military cemetery, a 22.6 billion centre dubbed The Boneyard, has been ...

Tags: Two Asteroids Collide 90m Miles Earth
February 04, 2010

Two asteroids collide 90m miles from Earth

A COMET-like object has been created by the collision of two asteroids related to the one blamed ...

Tags: Faces Google Earth Landscapes Familiar
September 24, 2009

Faces of Google Earth: landscapes that have something familiar

AT first glance you could be forgiven for thinking its the work of aliens with a sense of ...

Tags: Sun Bombards Earth Highspeed Wind Stream
September 20, 2009

Sun bombards earth with high-speed wind stream

CHALLENGING conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an ...

Tags: Trnc Little Corner Heaven Earth
July 13, 2009

TRNC - a little corner of heaven on Earth

Cyprus is an Island located under Turkey, but despite what a lot of people think, Cyprus is divided ...

Tags: Sun Farthest Earth
July 04, 2009

Sun to be at the farthest from Earth

THIS year Aphelion, the point in Earths elliptical orbit when it is farthest from the Sun, occurs ...

Tags: Earth Shifted 15 Centimetres Italy Quake
April 12, 2009

Earth shifted 15 centimetres in Italy quake

ROME (AFP) - The earth in the region of LAquila, the central Italian town hit by a major earthquake ...

Tags: Twotime Space Tourist Returns Earth
April 09, 2009

Two-time space tourist returns to Earth

MOSCOW (AFP) - US millionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi met with his wife in the Kazakh steppe ...