Apple requests ban on eight Samsung devices

Apple's wasted no time in listing the eight Samsung products it wants to see banned at a September 20 court hearing.

Apple and Samsung face Korean sales ban

As a US jury prepares to deliver its verdict in the high-profile patent case between Apple and Samsung, a South Korean court has determined that they've both been copying each other's products.

This "tranquil" galaxy is home to violent events

The ESO's (European Southern Observatory) Very Large Telescope recently captured a new image of galaxy NGC 1187 - originally discovered by William Herschel in 1784.



This galaxy is festooned with stellar nurseries

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a distant galaxy which 
contains a number of stellar nurseries.

Exploring the heart of a supernova

 
An average of two massive stars in our Milky Way galaxy explode each century, producing magnificent supernovae when they detonate. 



Faintest distant galaxy discovered

Astronomers at Arizona State University have found the faintest galaxy yet, one of the ten most distant objects currently known in space.

Star-filled galactic 'bridge' discovered

ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-filled filament connecting two clusters of galaxies.

Galaxy found hiding inside another

Most galaxies are either roughly spherical or take the shape of a flat disk - but new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that the Sombrero galaxy is both.

Astronomers spot 'emerald-cut' galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a weird rectangular galaxy within a group of 250 galaxies some 70 million light years away.

Samsung Galaxy Pocket is cheapest Galaxy yet

Samsung has just introduced a new entry in its heralded Galaxy product line, and it's cheap.

Galaxy S II to hit Android 4.0 March 1

It's being reported that Samsung's Galaxy S II might well be the next major handset to go to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Samsung working on Galaxy equivalent of iPhone 4S?

Samsung will not debut the Galaxy S III at this month's anticipated Mobile World Congress, so what will it debut?

Ancient galaxy seen creating two stars a week

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have discovered that one of the most distant galaxies known is churning out stars at the rate of 100 per year.

Galaxy simulation mirrors Milky Way for first time

Astrophysicists have for the first time created a computer model of galaxy formation that results in a spiral galaxy like our own.

Samsung cites science fiction movies in Apple patent case

Stanley Kubrick invented the iPad, Samsung says, after trawling through science fiction movies to try and defend itself from Apple's copyright lawsuit.

Samsung will no longer report phone sales numbers

Samsung is taking a big step for...er, backward in the increasingly competitive smartphone race.

Outspoken Samsung CTO Omar Kham resigns

Omar Khan, Samsung's chief technology officer and one of the most vocal figures in the company's mobile strategy, has resigned.

Samsung may bring 'Galaxy' brand to WP7

Samsung's popular Galaxy S2 Android phone is reportedly on its way to Windows Phone 7.

Carriers slash Samsung tablet prices by $200

Sprint and Verizon recently slashed the price of Samsung’s 3G Galaxy Tab for the second time in just one year.

Astronomers 'weigh' heaviest black hole yet

Astronomers have measured the most massive known black hole in our cosmic neighborhood, weighing in at the equivalent of 6.6 billion suns.