The Solar Dynamics Observatory has picked up the most powerful solar flare of the current solar cycle, which could cause spectacular auroras on Earth.
This year Valentine's Day is so special as NASA's Stardust spacecraft is preparing for final date with comet Tempel 1 on its second exploration. The world will be beginning to look at images when the spacecraft is on its closest approach to fly by comet Tempel 1 at about 11:37 pm EST on Monday, with confirmation likely to be received on Earth at about 11:56 pm EST.
Japanese scientists have spotted two huge holes on the sun's magnetic field, and it has been observed that the holes look darker than other parts of the sun.
Social network giant, Facebook, has confirmed its plans on Tuesday to move its headquarters to Sun Microsystems' former campus in Menlo Park, California.
Facebook will relocate its corporate headquarters to Menlo Park, California, starting this summer, the fast-growing social networking company's second move in less than two years.
NASA released the first ever 360 degree image of the sun in a video over the weekend and says it could help with weather forecasts.
NASA will on Sunday release online the first complete view of the sun's entire surface and atmosphere. The all-new visuals set to be released today at 11 am EST have been generated by NASA’s two Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft.
The media reports on the 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus, and the change in astronomy, horoscope and zodiac calender sent thousands into an astrological identity crisis. However, the real meaning seems to have been lost in translation.
The new sign Ophiuchus will cover those born between Nov. 29 and Dec. 17 while Sagittarius will move into the 13th position covering from Dec. 17 to Jan. 20.
A dark coronal hole at the Sun center was captured in extreme ultraviolet light by NASA's solar dynamics observatory. As the Sun continues to rotate, the high speed solar wind particles blowing from this hole will likely reach Earth in a few days and may spark some auroral activity.
A team of scientists at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have found that the moon has a core similar to Earth's.
Scientists have solved a longstanding mystery of why the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is millions of degrees hotter than its surface. The answer lies in fountains of plasma called spicules that shoot up from the Sun's surface.
Moon takes a bite out of the Sun, as the colloquial saying goes, during the start of the year 2011. This year's first partial solar eclipse will be seen on Tuesday, in view from much of Europe, North Africa and central Asia.
Now, researchers have found that the era of first fast growth of the most massive black holes occurred when the universe was only about 1.2 billion years old - not two to four billion years old, as was previously believed.
After irking the FOSS community by attempting to muscle control over open-source projects like Java, MySQL, OpenOffice and Solaris, Oracle is back again and is eyeing Hudson project, much to the dismay of open-sources.
A magnetic filament erupted on Tuesday in the Sun, which is heading towards the Earth. The eruption might stimulate auroras particularly in the polar regions on December 3.
Armed with new researches and discoveries, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is back in the news again. While NASA promised to provide insights into its findings on astrobiology on Thursday, there have been several other developments at the agency this week.
Visitors tend to visit our home at any time, but this time an immigrant red giant from another galaxy has arrived in our Milky Way. This happens to be a new planet at least the size of Jupiter that came from another galaxy and is orbiting a star called HIP 13044.
Hardware partners beware, lock your warehouses or get sued. Oracle filed a suit against Multis on Nov. 9 at U.S. District Court for Northern District of California, for breach of contract under which they were liable for losses, if they failed to secure the partner's hardware.
Oracle and Apple have announced the OpenJDK project for Mac OS X, a move that will make Apple's Java technology available to open source developers.
The brokerage raised its price target on shares of Oracle to $31 from $28, while maintaining its buy rating.
With fist pumps and perfect tans, Jersey Shore returns to TV on Thursday for a new season of shows that has audiences wondering if the cast that put some reality back into reality TV is still really real after its brush with Hollywood stardom.
