NASA's role as commercial space entrepreneur is going well and the four companies it is funding to build future spacecraft that could take astronauts to and from the International Space Station and other destinations are moving forward.
The SETI Institute wants to get its Allen Telescope Array (ATA) system, out of hock and get it back in the radio astronomy business and has announced a community challenge to raise $200,000 by August 1 to get that job done.
Aerospace giant EADS this week said it is looking to develop and ambitious commercial transport aircraft that can fly at speeds of about Mach 4 while having a limited impact on the environment.The aircraft, called ZEHST (Zero Emission High Supersonic Transport), would be targeted at long-haul routes...
It probably shouldn't amaze anyone that any dealings with the government could end up being complex. But the congressional watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office may have outdone themselves on this one.
If you needed any more evidence as to how important unmanned aircraft have become to the US military operations, the US Air Force today said drones have amassed over one million combat hours flown.
Looking to take a giant step toward taking part in low Earth orbit transportation, exploration and servicing orbiting space structures, the European Space Agency today it would team with Thales Alenia Space Italia to begin building an experimental spacecraft for launch in 2013.
Looking to develop new applications and enhance vehicle safety systems, Toyota has asked the Federal Communications Commission to change the rules regarding vehicular radar systems operating in the 76-77 GHz band.Specifically, Toyota says it wants to eliminate the requirement that vehicular radars decrease...
As soon as the new concerns that cell phones might pose a radiation risk to users, scammers were sharpening their online skills to take advantage of the situation. That's why the Federal Trade Commission today told cell phone users to avoid products that supposedly "shield" users from cell phone...
DARPA and NASA Ames Research Center today said they are soliciting abstracts, papers, topics and members for discussion panels, to be part of the 100 Year Starship Study Symposium to be held in Orlando, Fla., from September 30 through October 2, 2011.
The US Department of Energy today said it was conditionally committing $2 billion to develop two concentrating solar power projects that it says will offer 500 megawatts of power combined, effectively doubling the nation's currently installed capacity of that type of power.
Scientists say the Sun, which roils with flares and electromagnetic energy every 11 years or so could go into virtual hibernation after the current cycle of high activity, reducing temperatures on Earth.
Continuing its love of all things green, Google today said it was building a $280 million fund to help businesses and home owners finance solar panels for energy.Specifically, Google said it was investing $280 million to create a fund that will help SolarCity finance solar installations across the country....
Researchers from MIT and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in August will show off a security system they say will prevent anyone from hacking into medical implants such as heart defibrillators or pacemakers to alter operation or steal personal information.
It may be one the oldest, most basic components of software code but the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to develop what they call revolutionary technologies for analyzing, identifying, and slicing binary executable components.
If you could fly to the edge of our universe you'd find giant magnetic bubbles about 100 million miles wide.That's what computer models digesting data from NASA's Voyager spacecraft, which are now close to 10 billion miles away from Earth, are suggesting as they try to figure out the information being...
Three critical issues and numerous smaller problems could threaten the planned launch of NASA's ambitious Mars Science Laboratory this year - a delay that could add millions of dollars to the lab's current $2.5 billion cost.
Federal district courts have been prohibited from allowing any sort of electronic dissemination of trials since 1946, but that is about to change.Fourteen federal trial courts and 100 judges have been selected to take part in the federal Judiciary's three-year digital video pilot, which will begin...
NASA's sun watching satellite, the Solar Dynamics Observatory got a great shot of a medium-sizd solar flare this week.NASA said the radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) mushroomed up and fell back down looking as if it covered an area of almost half the solar surface.
NASA this week said it was looking to build an ambitious Internet-like network that will support solar system-wide communication and navigation services.
The US Marshals today said the online auction of the personal effects of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, raised $232,246 which will be divvied up among to Kaczynski's victims.
The number of tax-related identity theft incidents is exploding and nowhere is that more obvious than at the Internal Revenue Service which as seen reports rice from 51,702 in 2008 to 248,357 in 2010.More on identity theft: IRS: Top 10 things every taxpayer should know about identity theft
NASA this week said it was embarking on a project that creates produce amped-up, super-loud sonic booms in an effort to understand how to minimize their impact and improve future supersonic aircraft.
Looking to address what has become an all-too-common problem, the Federal Aviation Administration said it will begin to impose civil penalties, or fines of $11,000 for anyone who points a laser at the cockpit of an aircraft.
