NASA telescope's planet-hunting days may be over May 16th, 2013 - 01:40h (CET +01.00) By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's first telescope dispatched to hunt for Earth-like planets that may support life elsewhere in the universe has lost use of its positioning system, threatening its mission, officials said o... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nasa, telescope's, planethunting, days, Top Keywords

NASA Climate Scientist James Hansen Quits to Fight Global Warming Apr 2nd, 2013 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) Climate scientist James Hansen is retiring from NASA this week to devote himself to the fight against global warming. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nasa, climate, scientist, james, hansen, quits, fight, global, warming, Top Keywords

NASA's Mars rover resumes work after computer glitch Mar 26th, 2013 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed analysis of a sample of rock powder following a computer glitch that suspended operations for a week, scientists said on Monday. Before the computer problem, results radioed... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nasa's, mars, rover, resumes, work, computer, glitch, global, warming, Top Keywords

Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA Mar 20th, 2013 - 03:10h (CET +01.00) By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA chief Charles Bolden has advice on how to handle a large asteroid headed toward New York City: Pray. That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : large, asteroid, heading, earth?, pray, says, nasa, global, warming, Top Keywords

Second computer glitch shuts down NASA Mars rover Mar 18th, 2013 - 22:00h (CET +01.00) By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 18 - The Mars rover Curiosity has had a second computer glitch, extending an unplanned work break for the NASA robot that discovered the first life-friendly chemistry beyond Earth, scientists said on Monday.... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : second, computer, glitch, shuts, down, nasa, mars, rover, warming, Top Keywords

Arctic Gets Greener As Climate Warms: NASA Study Mar 11th, 2013 - 20:10h (CET +01.00) Higher temperatures and a longer growing season mean some of Earth's chilliest regions are looking increasingly green, researchers say. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : arctic, gets, greener, climate, warms, nasa, study, rover, warming, Top Keywords

Computer glitch suspends NASA Mars rover operation Mar 5th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A computer glitch, possibly caused by radiation, has put on hold the Mars rover Curiosity's first attempt to analyze powder from inside an ancient rock, officials said on Monday. Engineers said they hope the N... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : computer, glitch, suspends, nasa, mars, rover, operation, rover, warming, Top Keywords

NASA Climate Scientist Arrested in Pipeline Protest Feb 14th, 2013 - 05:50h (CET +01.00) Climate scientist James Hansen was arrested today outside the White House while protesting the proposed construction of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nasa, climate, scientist, arrested, pipeline, protest, operation, rover, warming, Top Keywords

NASA's "Mohawk Guy" has prime seat at State of the Union address Feb 12th, 2013 - 18:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Spike-haired Bobak Ferdowsi, the NASA flight engineer popularly known as the "Mohawk Guy," is boldly going where few space geeks have gone before. Veronica McGregor, a spokeswoman for the U.S. space agency's Jet Propulsion ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nasa's, "mohawk, guy", prime, seat, state, union, address, warming, Top Keywords

NASA rover drills into its first Martian rock Feb 11th, 2013 - 22:40h (CET +01.00) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Mars rover Curiosity drilled into the Martian surface for the first time as part of an effort to learn if the planet most like Earth in the solar system ever had conditions to support microbial life, NASA said ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nasa, rover, drills, first, martian, rock, union, address, warming, Top Keywords