wire reports

Federal investigators allege a University of Florida professor fraudulently received millions in NASA money.

A Chinese Earth-watching satellite launched into space early Monday.

Many who did not have front row seats to today's total solar eclipse watched the event live on the Internet.

The event will occur in highly populated areas, including west Africa, where governments scrambled to educate people about the dangers of looking at the eclipse without proper eye protection.

According to the Russian news service Interfax, a heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), dubbed 'Satan' in the West, was successfully launched Wednesday.