Science@NASA Headline News
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NASA Finds Long-Term Climate Warming Trend
Jan. 15, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
NASA scientists say 2012 was the ninth warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the exception of 1998, the nine warmest years in the 132-year record all have occurred since 2000, with 2010 and 2005 ranking as the hottest years on record.
Solar Variability and Terrestrial Climate
Jan. 8, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
A new report issued by the National Research Council (NRC), "The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate," lays out some of the surprisingly complex ways that solar activity can make itself felt on our planet.
Christmas Sky Show
Dec. 21, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
The Moon and Jupiter are converging for a heavenly sky show on Christmas 2012. Got a telescope? Something is happening on Jupiter that makes it an extra-interesting target for backyard optics.
Saturn's Transit of Venus on Dec. 21, 2012
Dec. 20, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
This Friday, Dec. 21st, researchers will use NASA's Cassini spacecraft to observe a rare transit of Venus from the planet Saturn.
Lunar Impact Site Named After Sally Ride
Dec. 17, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
NASA has named the site where two spacecraft hit the Moon on Dec. 17th in honor of the late astronaut Sally K. Ride, who was America's first woman in space.
Why the World Didn't End Yesterday
Dec. 14, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
NASA is so sure the world won't come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, they have already released this news item for the day after.
NASA Gravity Probes Prepare to Hit the Moon
Dec. 13, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
A pair of NASA spacecraft orbiting the Moon are being prepared for a controlled descent into a mountain near the lunar north pole on Monday, Dec. 17.
Big Asteroid Tumbles Harmlessly Past Earth
Dec. 12, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is tumbling past Earth this week. Astronomers are taking advantage of the flyby to ping the space rock using NASA radars and obtain images of unprecedented clarity.
A New Meteor Shower in December?
Dec. 11, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
Forecasters say a stream of meteoroids from Comet Wirtanen could cut across Earth's path this week, creating a new meteor shower in mid-December. If the shower materializes (a big if) it would add to the ongoing display of Geminid meteors which peaks on Dec. 13-14.
Rock Comet Meteor Shower
Dec. 9, 2012
Science@NASA Headline News — 2012
The Geminid meteor shower peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th when Earth runs through a stream of debris from a strange object that some astronomers are calling a "rock comet."