U.S. astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have conjectured that a very rare hypervelocity star (a really fast one) was flung out of our Milky Way galaxy by its supermassive black hole over one hundred million years ago.

Astronomers using the NASA Spitzer Space Telescopes have discovered buckyballs for the first time in space. These all-carbon molecules are now considered the largest molecule ever discovered in space. A single buckyball is about 1 nanometer across--about three times larger than a water molecule.

Keen to drum up publicity for its “impressive line-up of mobile devices”, Optus is bringing a “pop-up venue” known as “The Love Lounge” to Sydney for one week, featuring master cooking classes, urban acrobatics, things for fashionistas and an appearance by US pop star Kelly Rowland.