Voyager pictures reveal Solar System is egg-shaped

"The outer limits of the system of planets around our own Sun, where the influence of our local star ends, are being probed by the Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977 on a five year mission to study...

Verizon Unveils iPhone Rival

An iPhone killer or the next Zune? Only time will tell. I do think that the real-live-keypad is a cool feature (iPhones are tough to type on), but still can't see it getting the hipness level of the iPhone. I...

30 years Since the Voyager Space program was launched, could funding be bette...

It has been exactly 30 years since the launch of Voyager 1 in 1977 atop a Titan rocket with a Centaur-6 upper stage. Still operational for 30 years, Voyager 1 is more than 103.2 astronomical units away from the Sun. Astronomers believe it has now entered the solar system's...

Beam me from the womb, Scotty: Sci-Fi the next universe for baby names

Another baby story--this afternoon I got to thinking about names (uh-oh, honey...I know I promised but I can't help it). So I started a lazy-ish Google search, and there's a news story about a new book with a...

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