SPACE

On Tuesday, the Discovery Space Shuttle will catch a flight to its new hometown of Chantilly, Virginia. There it will be put on permanent display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Here are some of the many uses of satellites: anchoring the GPS that powers navigation and geotagging systems in smartphones and cameras. Relaying phone, radio and television signals. And now, helping scientists count nearly 600,000 emperor penguins in Antarctica.

Astronomers have long known about the superwinds and space sandstorms that herald the deaths of stars, but until now, have been at a loss to explain how they happen.

China's space program remains far behind the U.S. in sophistication and technological advancement, but this summer the People's Republic is expected to carry out another two historic firsts. The summer 2012 mission is predicted to make history by sending China's first female astronaut into space and will be China's first manned space docking.

Angry Birds Space is the sequel to the original Angry Birds, which has 700 million downloads across all platforms (and counting). Can the sequel continue the legacy established in 2010?

An unmanned European supply vessel carrying more than six tonnes of freight docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday reinforcing Europe's role in the functioning of the ISS, space officials said.

Angry Birds Space only arrived last week, and yet it has already got over 10 million downloads in a three-day span.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were: Cleantech Solutions International, Loral Space & Communications, Ultra Clean Holdings, Charming Shoppes, Horizon Pharma and QuickLogic Corp. The top after-market NASDAQ losers were: Central European Distribution, Saba Software, Oncothyreon, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Brightcove Inc and Arena Pharmaceuticals.

A passing piece of potentially dangerous space debris forced astronauts at the International Space Station to temporarily seek refuge in escape ships early on Saturday, U.S. officials said.

Fans of Angry Birds on the Windows Phone platform are not happy due to a decision made by Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds. There's a new version of the most popular mobile game out, called Angry Birds Space. This version is the most innovative one among all the previous versions of the game that Rovio has been churning out on a regular basis. As you might have expected, Angry Birds Space takes place in space, but while the gameplay mechanics are the same, there are some changes that will m...

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone.

The fastest objects in the galaxy might be a planet fly through space at 30 million mph, according to a new study.

A NASA space probe has discovered a new ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Dubbed the Enceladen Ocean, some researchers speculate that there could be life on one of Saturn's moons.

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), its chief executive said on Friday, putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone.

When it comes to mobile gaming “Angry Birds” broke into the forefront of the genre, with more than 700 million downloads to date. After offshoots of the popular bird-flinging game, such as Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Seasons, fans can now download Angry Birds Space as of March 22nd.

You can be like Ashton Kutcher, Angelina Jolie and other celebrities who have signed up to board the Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo and be one of the first space tourists in history.

According to the Daily Mail, the game has already been downloaded around 700 million times and fetched nearly $7 billion in the two years since its launch in 2010.

The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space office said on Tuesday.

The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space office said on Tuesday.

NASA is giving students an opportunity to help design a deep space habitat as part of its X-Hab challenge.

SpaceX will become the first company to send a privately built spacecraft to the International Space Station when it launches a supply ship on April 30.