Sunspot 1402 is getting ready to hit Earth, only three days after Sunspot 1401 impacted the magnetic field surrounding our planet. This one is a little more problematic.

A triangular object seen in video taken by the NASA STEREO probe appears to show an alien object heading toward Earth. NASA scientists analyzed the images and have other, more rational, thoughts on the origin of this strange-looking space object.

An active sunspot erupted on the Sun on Thursday, January 19, 2012, and consequently a solar flare is heading in the direction of Earth, for an arrival two days later, on Saturday, January 21st.

IBM was granted a record number of US patents during 2011.

Following its recent close encounter with the sun, Comet Lovejoy is offering an early-morning spectacle.

The Comet Lovejoy soared into the Sun on December 16, 2011, but instead of being devoured by the mighty star, it instead emerged from the Sun’s atmosphere, and survived its dangerous encounter. See the video from NASA.

For the night-owls, look up in the northern sky a little after midnight on Sunday December 11th and the moon which ought to be blazing down will be strangely dim.

If you are fortunate enough to be in the far southern hemisphere on Friday November 25, 2011, you will have the opportunity to see a partial solar eclipse.

Early reports are just in; UARS fragments have been discovered south of Calgary in Canada.

Just a month short of one year since it forked from OpenOffice.org, the free office suite, LibreOffice, has released version 3.4.2 aimed at both private users and businesses.