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NASA Launches Webb Telescope Interactive Fly-by Tour
Feb. 23, 2011
The interactive fly-by tour was created to allow people to get familiar with the Hubble Space Telescope’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope..
Launching Balloons in Antarctica
Feb. 23, 2011
A successful test launch in Antarctica for BARREL (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses) shows how it will will work hand in hand with ...
Technical Issue Delays Glory Climate Mission Launch, Next Attempt Thursday
Feb. 23, 2011
The launch of the Glory spacecraft was delayed Wednesday morning due to a technical issue. The mission to study tiny particles known as aerosols will attempt to launch from California at 5:09 a.m. EST Thursday.
Cleaning the Air Would Limit Short-Term Climate Warming
Feb. 22, 2011
Q & A with Drew Shindell on the effect cleaner air would have on climate warming.
Catching Space Weather in the Act
Feb. 22, 2011
Close to the globe, Earth's magnetic field wraps around the planet like a gigantic spherical web. But this isn't true as you get further from the planet. As you move to the high altitudes where satellites fly, nothing about that field is so simple.
Can WISE Find the Hypothetical 'Tyche'?
Feb. 22, 2011
In November 2010, a paper by two astrophysicists proposed the existence of a binary companion to our sun, larger than Jupiter, in the long-hypothesized "Oort cloud" -- a faraway repository of small icy bodies at the edge of our solar system.
A Solar System Family Portrait, From the Inside Out
Feb. 22, 2011
What would our solar system look like if visitors from other worlds took a series of pictures? NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft did just that by piecing together the first portrait of our solar system from the inside looking out.
Glory Set to Launch Wednesday Morning on Climate Mission
Feb. 22, 2011
The Glory spacecraft and its Taurus XL launch vehicle is set to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 5:09 a.m. EST on Feb. 23. It will study the role tiny particles known as aerosols play in the planet's weather.
Cassini to Sample Magnetic Environment around Titan
Feb. 18, 2011
Skimming close to Saturn's moon Titan on Friday, Feb. 18 will teach scientists about the interaction between Titan and Saturn's magnetosphere.
How Hot is Earth?
Feb. 18, 2011
Except for a leveling off between the 1940s and 1970s, the surface temperature of our planet has increased since 1880. Get the latest temperature readings.