By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private rocket is poised to blast off on a supply run to the International Space Station. The unmanned Falcon rocket… …

China Sets Its Fifth Manned Space Mission For Summer

BEIJING (AP) — China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that’s part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth. The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will take flight sometime between…

SpaceX Set To Launch Third Supply Run To Space Station

The California company known as SpaceX is set to launch its unmanned Falcon rocket on Friday morning, hoisting a Dragon capsule containing more than a ton of food, tools, computer hardware and science experiments.

Supermassive Black Holes Spin At Nearly Speed Of Light

It’s long been suspected that gigantic black holes lurking in the heart of galaxies rotate faster and grow larger as they feast on gas, dust, stars and matter. But there hasn’t been a reliable measurement of the spin rate of a black hole until now.

What Using Google’s High-Tech Glasses Looks Like (VIDEO)

Google on Wednesday gave the world an extensive look at what using their hi-tech computerized glasses, known as Project Glass, would actually feel like.

A new video shown below highlights numerous activities from a first-person perspective, while simultaneously being able to take a picture or video, send a text message, hold a Google Hangout or check your calendar. Perhaps most interesting, however, is the ability to follow travel directions in real time.

China ‘Aiding Hacker Attacks On West’

The Chinese government is directly aiding thousands of computer attacks against western companies and defence groups by top-level hackers based in Shanghai, according to a new study which warns that they have stolen vast amounts of data from their targets.

9 Spectacular Videos Of The Russian Meteorite Blast

A massive meteor that exploded over central Russia on Friday and left nearly 1,000 people injured was recorded by scores of amateur videographers.

The clips — recorded from the dashboards of vehicles, backyards and inside buildings — show an otherworldly beam of light streaking across the sky, with some even capturing the unnerving sound of the blast.

TPM compiled some of the most striking videos out there:

Tesla’s Elon Musk & NY Times: Disturbing Discrepancies On Model S Range Reporting

| GreenCarReports Golly.Turns out nothing ignites the Internet quite like a rapid-fire online spat between Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and The New York Times, the Grey Lady of establishment journalism.Like many such controversies, common ground turns out to be…

Twitter Conducting User Research Survey On Homepage

Twitter has begun conducting online surveys of visitors to its homepage, Twitter.com, in order to get a sense of how they use the website and whether or not they’ll be returning any time soon.

The 5-minute survey includes 10 questions in total, such as “How did you come to Twitter today?” “Do you have an account on Twitter?” and “How likely are you to visit Twitter again?”

Twitter confirmed to TPM that the survey is being conducted by a division with its company, Twitter Research, but declined to elaborate on when the surveying began, how many visitors to the Twitter homepage are being surveyed, and what triggers the survey prompt to appear for certain users in the first place.

Government E-Book Lawsuit Targets Only Apple, After Macmillan Settles

The U.S. Justice Department’s landmark 2012 antitrust lawsuit against major publishing companies over alleged e-books price collusion has been narrowed to target only Apple, after the last publishing company that was still contesting the charges, Macmillan, agreed to settle on Friday.

The Justice Dept. in April 2012 originally accused Apple and five publishing companies —  Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster— of banding together to set the price of e-books sold through Apple’s iBookstore and other online stores (namely Amazon) higher than Amazon’s preferred previously established e-book price of $9.99, in violation of federal antitrust law.