U.S. astronomers reported on Thursday that they have for the first time acquired detailed images of a binary asteroid system, where two asteroids orbit around one another like Earth and Moon.

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time measured the temperatures on a planet outside our Solar System, and found the planet blisteringly hot on one side, frigid on the other.

Palm Inc. on Thursday introduced a version of its Treo smart-phones with Google Maps to be available in weeks in the U.S., and said it would begin a 25 million-dollar marketing campaign to expand demand for the product beyond its base of business users. The new Treo aims to meet growing demand for so-called smart-phones -- devices that receive e-mail wirelessly, let users listen to digital music and handle other features beyond talk.

A decision made in September by a U.S. District Court judge that was ignored by an anti-spam organization in the United Kingdom may mean a lot more spam will be flooding into Internet users e-mail boxes worldwide. A lot more, like 50 million pieces a day, according to an Internet analyst.

The Chinese Government's innovation investment is set to skyrocket over the next five years, a top official said Thursday in Shenzhen.

The Amish of West Nickel Mines, Pa. don't believe in using modern machines or technology, but it was heavy construction equipment that razed the one-room schoolhouse Wednesday where a gunman fatally shot five girls and injured five others.

British researchers have developed techniques in drug testing which could reduce the need to use animals, a report on the website of AlphaGalileo said on Thursday.

British archaeologists have recorded a new species of mammal -- a mouse with a larger head, bigger ears, more prominent eyes, and more "prehistoric" teeth than any other of its kind -- on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

China will make favorable policies to nourish the growth of digital television industry that has a huge market potential in the next five years, said a senior official on Thursday in Shenzhen.

Despite failing to become the internationally recognized standard, China's home-grown wireless security technology appears to be gaining acceptance of China's non-governmental sector.