By ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUBLISHED: 03:40, 16 August 2012 | UPDATED: 07:52, 16 August 2012 

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 09:39, 15 August 2012 | UPDATED: 16:57, 15 August 2012 

 The Curiosity mars rover could be the next target for the Anonymous group of hackers, it has been claimed.

The group shot to fame when it brought down numerous websites including Visa and several US Government sites as a protest against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's arrest.

By ROB DAVIES

PUBLISHED: 22:27, 16 August 2012 | UPDATED: 22:27, 16 August 2012 

 British banks face multi-billion dollar bills from a host of lawsuits linked to the US housing market collapse and dealings with fraudster Bernard Madoff, adding to their money-laundering and Libor headaches.

The interim financial results season revealed a litany of potential costs facing lenders with divisions in the notoriously litigious US.

By TIM SHIPMAN

PUBLISHED: 01:35, 16 August 2012 | UPDATED: 01:35, 16 August 2012 

 More than £100billion would be wiped off the value of the British economy if the crisis in Greece led to the breakup of the eurozone.

Senior government sources say secret Treasury estimates have calculated that the UK’s output would drop by 7 per cent if the single currency plunged into fresh chaos as a result of a Greek exit from the euro.

Scaled to the size of a beach ball, say scientists, the sun's equatorial bulge would be less than the width of a human hair