August 31, 2010 – 8:35 pm
Technology developed to prolong the lives of robotic probes on the moon and Mars is being tested for a new use on Earth: keeping solar panels dust-free.
August 31, 2010 – 7:37 pm
The exceptionally dry early summer months in Britain have revealed the ghostly outlines of several hundred previously unknown ancient sites buried in fields across the English countryside.
August 31, 2010 – 5:22 pm
Research In Motion will give India access to secure BlackBerry data beginning September 1, a government source said on Monday, leading New Delhi to put off a decision on whether to shut down the smartphone.
August 31, 2010 – 12:59 pm
Authorities say a California man jealous over a message on his girlfriend’s Facebook page tortured and imprisoned her for four days while their children were in the house.
August 31, 2010 – 7:54 am
Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: A strange set of Chinese satellite maneuvers has some experts worried, in large part because the Chinese haven’t explained what’s going on.
August 31, 2010 – 6:07 am
Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: It’s been a year since Saturn’s equinox, but the pictures from that magical moment are still being processed and shared by Cassini orbiter’s team.
August 31, 2010 – 5:03 am
Google Inc. has retained the right to publish content from The Associated Press under a new licensing deal that thaws the sometimes-frosty relationship between the two companies.
August 31, 2010 – 4:56 am
Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: NASA says it’s awarding about $475,000 to two of the pioneers of the suborbital spaceship business — Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems — for test flights that will approach the edge of outer space.
August 31, 2010 – 4:52 am
A propulsion system glitch aboard the U.S. Air Force’s first Advanced Extremely High Frequency secure communications satellite has forced the service to devise a new orbit-raising plan utilizing smaller thrusters that will delay the craft’s arrival at its operating orbit by six months to seven months, according to a service official.
August 31, 2010 – 4:37 am
Plans for sending humans to visit an asteroid are heating up, with at least one company already scoping out the technological essentials for a deep space expedition within a decade, given the go-ahead.
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