Astronomers took a peek at the first X-ray image of an entire galaxy cluster, courtesy of a Japan-U.S. space observatory.
For 15 minutes around sunset on two days this summer, the sun will set in exact alignment with the cross streets of Manhattan’s street grid, making the city’s towering buildings function something like a modern-day Stonehenge.
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three new space station residents docked at the orbiting complex Friday. With three astronauts there to greet them, the space station now has a full staff of six for the first time in its 10-year history.
The United States has for too long failed to adequately protect the security of its computer networks, President Barack Obama said Friday, announcing he will name a new cyber czar to take on the job.
Fujitsu leads the way in Oracle financial planning deployments for local government
Fujitsu, the IT systems and services company, has become the first systems integrator in the UK enabled to deliver the Oracle E-Business Suite, using Oracle Business A…
Carrots might not scream when pulled from the ground, but new technology is giving vegetables a voice in how they are raised. Microchipped plants can now send text messages to a farmer’s cell phone and ask for water.
May 29: A California pet shop is showing off a new addition, a two-headed snake. Msnbc.com’s Dara Brown reports. (msnbc.com)
A man who confessed to robbing a South Carolina bank in a message posted on MySpace has pleaded guilty. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 27-year-old Joseph Northington of Roanoke, Va., will be sentenced later for using a firearm during a crime of violence.
The space tourism firm Virgin Galactic has successfully test-fired the rocket motor designed to boost a passenger spaceliner on suborbital joy rides into space.
In the first detection of its kind, astronomers have found a cosmic “ghost” lurking around a distant supermassive black hole.
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