Arctic sea ice fails to re-form for the second consecutive winter

Global warming may have tipped the polar regions into irreversible climate change sooner than predicted.

Solar Storm Warning

Solar minimum has arrived. Sunspots have all but vanished. Solar flares are nonexistent. The sun is utterly quiet.

Probe successfully enters into orbit around Mars

"After a journey of 500 million kilometres, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter succeeded in a tricky manoeuvre on Friday and is orbiting the planet, mission controllers said."

Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet

2005 was the hottest year on record since 1880.

Jupiter growing another red spot

NASA astronomers have nicknamed it "Red Jr".

Live Fast Die Young

"And leave a beautiful corpse as the saying goes. Or in this case a record in time from deep space. Here is the earliest know explosion near the begining of the universe ans thus the begining of Time. And you can watch it on your computer. I am in awe. "

Timetable set to complete International Space Station

"After a lengthy hiatus, NASA plans to resume building the International Space Station in September. The heads of space agencies participating in the program, including Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the U.S.,...

NASA's Mars orbiter approaches planet

"NASA engineers are preparing for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to make its risky approach to the planet on March 10."

That GOP hack, anti-science punk at NASA -- he doesn't work there anymore

"George Deutsch, the Bush "war room" campaign staffer, who was on a quest to end science at NASA, has "resigned." Yep, he doesn't work there anymore. Seems young Mr. Deutsch had some...

Bush Turns Up the Heat on NASA

"Bush administration tries to silence NASA's chief climate expert James Hansen from granting interviews about global warming. Meanwhile, a new study by Australian researchers confirms that global sea levels are rising, and may make island nations like Tuvalu and the Maldives...

Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him - New York Times

Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence HimBy ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: January 29, 2006 The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions...

Blast Off! To Pluto?

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is en route to Pluto, after a 2 p.m. liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The explorer was put on course by a Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket, which carried the 1,050-pound...

Google Rocket Announced by Google and NASA

Digitalfog News: Google and NASA To Team UpGoogle Inc. and NASA are expected to announce plans today to build: The Google Rocket.

Shuttle Discovery gets bolted to 747; may leave for Florida tomorrow

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to be bolted to a modified Boeing 7-47 today, the final step before the spacecraft is ferried to Florida.The mating process is expected...

In orbit, but grounded

"Discovery" encounters a problem similar to what doomed "Columbia" and its seven astronauts in the last mission, NASA acknowledges, as it suspends further space shuttle flights.More: NASA:...

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