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(PhysOrg.com) — NASA today unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience a virtual trip to Mars or a lunar impact, and explore images of star formations taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. In an effort to excite young people [...]

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Now an endangered species, it was crucial to the development of personal computing and the Internet MOUSE TALE Douglas Engelbart originally invented the mouse as a way to navigate his oNLine System (NLS), a pre-cursor of the Internet that allowed computer users to share information stored on their computers. © MIT A little more than [...]

Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects — those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth. The "Asteroid Watch" site also contains links for the interested public to sign up for NASA's new asteroid widget and Twitter account. Credit: Image courtesy of NASA/Jet [...]

Discovered 13 years ago, and officially added to the periodic table just weeks ago, element 112 finally has a name. The Periodic Table will be one element longer. It will be called "copernicium", with the symbol Cp, in honour of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus deduced that the planets revolved around the Sun, and finally [...]

A hero to millions, Neil Armstrong has consistently shunned the limelight. To mark the 40th anniversary of the first manned Moon landing, author Andrew Smith travelled across America to discover why the man who first set foot upon the Moon remains such an enigma. Neil Armstrong only makes very rare public appearances. His words on [...]

Linux fans who feel the need to run a Windows app or two can take advantage of WINE, which enables most programs written for Windows to run on the Linux desktop. But what about those seeking the opposite — Windows fans that need to run Linux apps? If you’re lucky, someone has already ported your [...]

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The asteroid Eros is 21 miles long and 8 miles thick — a mini-planet! Explore the mission that landed on this asteroid after orbiting it for a year 139 images in gallery To go there, click image