The term “Manhattanhenge” was created by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in 1996 at the American Museum of Natural History, who noticed how similar it was to the way the sun sets in Stonehenge.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 14, 2011
Salt consumption may put you at high risk for early death, according to a recent study.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 13, 2011
The British tabloid The Sun made it clear Tuesday afternoon it did not obtain the medical records of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's son.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 12, 2011
When people worry about valuations, Eric Schmidt likes to remind them about Google Inc. The Internet search provider made its stock debut in 2004 at $85 a share, a price tag many at the time thought outlandish.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 12, 2011
High sodium consumption may translate to a high risk for early death, according to a recent study. Here are some foods to avoid.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 11, 2011
Rupert Murdoch declined to comment further on the escalating phone hacking scandal at his British newspapers, saying on Thursday that he would not be adding to a statement he issued a day earlier.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 07, 2011
Media and technology moguls gather in Idaho this week to once more debate a shift to a digital world, but the talk this year will finally focus on how to make money off it.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 05, 2011
The 18 year old has a hit TV show and two highly successful albums with her band “The Scene”, among other achievements. But now, with the release of her latest album When The Sun Goes Down, Gomez admits she is “getting older.”
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 05, 2011
On Fourth of July, 2011, as United States commemorates the adoption of Declaration of Independence, Earth reaches a point called Aphelion on its orbit and will be farthest from Sun than on any other day in 2011.
Sanskrity Sinha
Jul 02, 2011
NASA has released some rare unseen pictures of the Sun from a new satellite designed to predict disruptive solar storms.
Ankita Mehta
Jun 25, 2011
Thousands of yoga enthusiasts stretched their arms in a busy hotspot marking the summer solstice at a free long day in the middle of Times Square, Manhattan.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 22, 2011
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is about to leave the sun's territory to enter the inter-stellar space. NASA's twin spacecrafts Voyager 1 and Cassini reached edge of the solar system sooner than expected which means the boundary of solar system is smaller than what scientists had earlier speculated. Voyager 1's exit is expected to give astrophysicists new data accounts of life outside the solar system.
Amrutha Gayathri
Jun 21, 2011
Summer solstice celebrates a time when the sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 21, 2011
Smarting under a $6 billion compensation claim from Oracle on Java patent violation lawsuit, Google has said Oracle's methodology for calculating damages is based on fundamental legal errors and that Oracle has improperly inflated their estimates.
Jijo Jacob
Jun 20, 2011
Google’s cloud-based Chromebook comes with a lot of promises as it has started to ship, but the Chrome OS vision leaves a lot to be desired in reality.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 20, 2011
A hungry black hole far out in the cosmos, about 4 billion miles from Earth, got into an unusual feeding spree when a massive Sun-like star crossed its path, or to be accurate, passed by its gravitational sphere. The massive star was ripped apart, shredded into pieces as the giant black hole devoured it, unleashing some of the most powerful gamma ray flashes astronomers have ever seen. For the black hole,
Jijo Jacob
Jun 18, 2011
An exciting discovery by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory reveals a young sun-like star shooting jets of water into space at a speed of 124,000 miles per hour.
Monami Thakur
Jun 18, 2011
The lunar eclipse on June 15 put all skygazers on awe and wonder as they have witnessed an event of their lifetime.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 16, 2011
Skygazers on June 15 were treated with an event of their lifetime, In what, astronomers term as a spectacular show, the white moon turned blood red as the longest lunar eclipse in a decade unfolded Wednesday night.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 16, 2011
The sun may be heading for a rest period as the sunspot cycle seems to be fading and entering towards its maximum, and there are indications of weakening magnetic activity near the poles.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 16, 2011
On June 15, 2011, the earth witnessed the longest lunar eclipse in history in which the white light of the moon turned to blood red.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 16, 2011
Scientists are forecasting a prolonged period of lull in sunspot activity.
Hao Li
Jun 15, 2011