Genalyn Corocoto

With the retirement of space shuttles this summer, NASA has depended on Russia to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station at the cost of $50 million per person. With the NASA-backed space taxis soon to see operations, this costly arrangement will soon be over.

After its final mission in June this year, shuttle Endeavour has been turned over to its new owner, the California Science Center. NASA has turned over the ownership of the spacecraft this week although actual transfer will still be in 2012.

The story of Armaggedon may just hold true as a new study revealed that explosions of stars or black hole collisions in the Milky Way produces colossal blasts of lethal gamma rays, X-rays and cosmic rays that can severely threaten Earth.

New discoveries about the sun are expected when the Solar Orbiter mission, a newly selected mission by the European Space Agency, is sent off to study the sun at a distance that has never been dared before.

A new “science city” may soon emerge with the creation of the International Linear Collider, a new multi-billion dollar particle smasher.

Teenagers will get to participate in the Oktoberfest Brisbane with the festival’s Oktoberfest for Teens “Schools Only” day to be held on October 13, 2011 at the RNA Showgrounds.

Findings of abundant titanium ore, which is a very expensive metal, in the moon could make it a future mining colony.

Visitors to the 2011 Munich Oktoberfest made history as they drank 7.5 million liters of beer, setting a new record for this very popular festival.

The sun will undergo the closest scrutiny yet when two new instruments are placed on the European Space Agency's newly selected Solar Orbiter, which is to be launched in 2017.

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., has died but he left behind a vacuum so huge that it will probably take a long time before his achievements can be match in the history of computers.

The HTC said it will soon release a security update that should fix a reported flaw in the HTC software that allows access to vital personal data.

Traveling is one enjoyable experience, but it can also turn into a nightmare, thanks to scammers who prey on gullible travelers.

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean declined to its second lowest level on record last month, satellite observations show.

If you think that getting a scare in the House of Shock is all fun and excitement, think again. This Halloween entertainment is big business, part of a $2 billion haunted attraction industry in 24 countries all over the world.

Get a closer look of the universe – the galaxies, the moon and stars – with the world’s biggest telescope, the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA).

Is your HTC smartphone receiving calls or messages from unknown individuals? Or perhaps emails from dubious sources? Then maybe your HTC Android phone is a victim of identity theft attack.

It was Fermilab’s Tevatron’s demand for the rare and prohibitively expensive superconducting wires that triggered the widespread use of one of the most amazing breakthrough in medical science, the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, which has become a very popular tool for medical diagnosis.

Traveling can be a fun and exciting but emergencies can happen. Fortunately, you can download applications that can help you save the lives and limbs of others. Or maybe even your own.

The demand for UV protection products could increase significantly in the near future with a reported unprecedented depletion of the Ozone layer above the Arctic this year. Decreases in overhead ozone lead to increases in surface ultraviolet radiation which have been known to have adverse effects to humans and other life forms.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner has made sure that passenger comfort will be a top priority. After all, when the excitement on the coming of Boeing 787 Dreamliner has died, the ultimate judge of the success of the aircraft will be the passengers.

Some people likes the unconventional, the different, the bizarre. Thus, every year thousands of people flock to see, and even participate, in these kinds of festivals.

A living creature in Mars? Or the discovery of a new planet perhaps?We will find out with the new missions to study the Earth, the sun, the Milky Way and Earth-like planets being undertaken in the future.

Does Robert Pattinson really have a violent streak or is it just his bad boy look?

Are you a NASA Twitter follower?Then this might be your chance to witness the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, explore for yourself the Kennedy Space Center, and even speak with NASA scientists.

Food enthusiasts should mark the dates October 15 and 16 in their calendars.

Many Australians would prefer that they lose their wallet rather than their phones.

See, feel and taste Macau this coming October 15 and 16 when the inaugural Macau Festival is held in Sydney.

Australians may scrimp on some other things but definitely, not with their holidays.

As part of its strategy to encourage productivity of Australian citizens, the Government has announced that businesses can now have their applications for high-speed broadband tested for a fee at the newly launched Australian Broadband Applications Laboratory (ABAL).