Richard Branson

The landing of the Atlantis space shuttle that put an end to 500 million miles of space travel on Thursday has sparked lights in Billionaire Richard Branson's entrepreneurial mind as he prepares to make space tourism possible.

As the space shuttle era ends, what's next for space exploration? How about private citizens in space.

NASA is going to the private sector for the next era of manned space missions.

These athletes can sure clean up

A number of high profile celebrities have urged UK Prime Minister David Cameron in an open letter on Thursday to decriminalize the possession of drugs.

Britain's Virgin founder and billionaire Richard Branson will board a charity flight on May 1, wearing AirAsia's red female flight attendant uniform, including high heels and make-up.

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, LLC were the first planes to dock at Virgin America's new San Francisco International Airport terminal.

Sir Richard Branson has done a lot in the world of science and technology; here are a few of his greatest hits.

Sir Richard Branson, chief executive of the Virgin media empire, has announced plans to send five vessels to the deepest parts of the ocean - a feat that has never been done before.

Twitter celebrates fifth birthday even as the microblogging site grows into something bigger than expected in global influence.

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, LLC announced yesterday the first ever commercial contract to fly scientists into space for the purpose of conducting research experiments.

The shocking (and highly ludicrous) news over the weekend that Mark Zuckerberg was going to shut down Facebook because it was causing him too much “stress” was only the latest in a long line of corporation-related hoaxes that have long amused, annoyed and bedeviled the public.

A U.K. industry taskforce has called on the British government to act now to protect the economy against a potential new threat of rising oil prices.