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Haitians survey the damage to a building that collapsed onto ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Haitians survey the damage to a building that collapsed onto a road in downtown Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Hans Deryk

A busy day on Sydney's Bondi Beach in November 2009. The past ...

(AFP) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - A busy day on Sydney's Bondi Beach in November 2009. The past decade was the warmest ever on Earth, a new analysis of global surface temperatures released by NASA showed. Photo:Greg Wood/AFP

According to James Hansen, who heads NASA's Goddard Institute ...

(AFP) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - According to James Hansen, who heads NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, global temperatures change due to variations in ocean heating and cooling. 'When we average temperature over five or 10 years to minimize that variability, we find global warming is continuing unabated,' Hansen said in a statement. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

This image released by NASA January 21, 2010, from NASA's Mars ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - This image released by NASA January 21, 2010, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a rock called 'Marquette Island' that was examined from mid-November 2009 until mid-January 2010. Studies of texture and composition suggest that this rock, not much bigger than a basketball, originated deep inside the Martian crust. A crater-digging impact could have excavated the rock and thrown it a long distance, to where Opportunity found it along the rover's long trek across the Meridiani plain toward Endeavour Crater. This true-color view of Marquette Island comes from combining three exposures that Opportunity's panoramic camera took through different filters during the rover's 2,117th Martian day on Mars on January 6, 2010. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Award-winning writer-director James Cameron (L) and NASA Administrator ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Award-winning writer-director James Cameron (L) and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden meet at NASA Headquarters in Washington January 19, 2010. Cameron, who is a former member of the NASA Advisory Council, has had a life-long interest in space and science. The two talked about public outreach and education among other subjects. REUTERS/Bil Ingalls/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SCI TECH)

A handout image obtained on January 8 from NASA, shows a satellite ...

(AFP) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - A handout image obtained on January 8 from NASA, shows a satellite image of the United Kingdom covered in snow. Irish province Munster's Celtic League match against Welsh region the Scarlets was called off on Saturday, a day before Sunday's kick-off, due to the freezing weather sweeping Britain and Ireland. Photo:/AFP

Snow and ice cover Britain in this image from NASA's multi-national ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Snow and ice cover Britain in this image from NASA's multi-national Terra satellite, orbiting over 650 km (400 miles) above the earth, January 7, 2010. Widespread ice and sub-zero temperatures continued to cause disruption across Britain on Thursday, with the coldest weather in 30 years showing little sign of easing and more snow on the way. REUTERS/MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

This image made from video provided by NASA shows an artist's ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:53:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - This image made from video provided by NASA shows an artist's rendition of what an Earth-like planet might look like. A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like planet located in a spot outside our solar system where life could develop, or may have already. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/NASA

A Nasa Earth Observatory image shows snow cover over China. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Nasa Earth Observatory image shows snow cover over China. China has endured an unusually early and cold winter, reaching its height over the past week with heavy snow across the north of the country and rare snowfalls further south. Photo:/AFP

The space shuttle Endeavour is silhouetted against an early-morning ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:48:00 GMT

The space shuttle Endeavour leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A aboard the crawler-transporter at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida January 6, 2010. The shuttle is expected to be launched on February 7 on a mission to the International Space Station. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

The space shuttle Endeavour is silhouetted against an early-morning ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour is silhouetted against an early-morning sky as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida January 6, 2010. The shuttle is expected to be launched on February 7 on a mission to the International Space Station. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Picture released by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showing ...

(AFP) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Picture released by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showing the deepest image of the Universe ever taken in near-infrared light by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The faintest and reddest objects (left inset) in the image are galaxies that correspond to lookback times of approximately 12.9 billion years to 13.1 billion years. No galaxies have been seen before at such early epochs. Photo:/AFP

This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by the Hubble ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:39:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - This undated handout photo provided by NASA, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a snapshot of when the universe was just a toddler, 600 million years after the Big Bang, the earliest image yet. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/NASA

An infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is shown in this handout photo released to Reuters January 5, 2010. The image shows both old stars (in blue) and young stars lighting up their natal dust (green/red). In addition, the image contains a galactic globular cluster in the lower left (blue cluster of stars) and emission from dust in our own galaxy (green in the upper right and lower right corners). REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

An artist's impression of the Kepler spacecraft. Kepler has ...

(AFP) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - An artist's impression of the Kepler spacecraft. Kepler has discovered five new planets beyond the solar system, the US space agency has said, just 10 months after Kepler launched into space to find Earth-like planets. Photo:/AFP

NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered five new planets ...

(AFP) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered five new planets beyond the solar system, the US space agency has said, just 10 months after Kepler launched into space to find Earth-like planets. Photo:/AFP

This image taken by the Kepler telescope and released by NASA ...

(AFP) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - This image taken by the Kepler telescope and released by NASA in 2009 shows a small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy. NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered five new planets beyond the solar system, the US space agency said, just 10 months after Kepler launched into space to find Earth-like planets. Photo:/AFP

VIDEO - Footage of the launch of the Kepler telescope. Originally ...

(AFP) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO - Footage of the launch of the Kepler telescope. Originally filed 060309. Duration: 00:58 Photo:/AFP

NASA-issued image shows the Falkland Islands located in the ...

(AFP) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - NASA-issued image shows the Falkland Islands located in the southern Atlantic Ocean. A major 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands early Tuesday, a sparsely populated British territory located about 2,800 kilometers (1,740 miles) east of the Falklands. Photo:/AFP

This image taken by the Kepler telescope and released by NASA ...

(AFP) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - This image taken by the Kepler telescope and released by NASA in 2009 shows small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy. NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered five new planets beyond the solar system, the US space agency said, just 10 months after Kepler launched into space to find Earth-like planets. Photo:/AFP

This image taken by the Kepler telescope and released by NASA ...

(AFP) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - This image taken by the Kepler telescope and released by NASA in 2009 shows small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy. NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered five new planets beyond the solar system, the US space agency said Monday, just 10 months after Kepler launched into space to find Earth-like planets. Photo:/AFP

'These three proposals provide the best science value among ...

(AFP) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - 'These three proposals provide the best science value among eight submitted to NASA this year,' said NASA's Ed Weiler (pictured in 2004), commenting on the proposed probes -- to the surface of Venus, the moon and to bring back a piece of a primitive asteroid which all must come with a price tag of less than $650 mln, a fraction of the cost of manned space flight. Photo:Robyn Beck/AFP

NASA has named low-cost missions to Venus, the moon and an asteroid ...

(AFP) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - NASA has named low-cost missions to Venus, the moon and an asteroid on a shortlist to become its latest space adventure, as the US agency faces astronomical political pressure to cut costs. 'These three proposals provide the best science value among eight submitted to NASA this year,' said NASA's Ed Weiler (pictured in 2004). Photo:Robyn Beck/AFP

This NASA satellite image acquired December 15, 2009 shows the ...

(AFP) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - This NASA satellite image acquired December 15, 2009 shows the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines. Several thousand villagers in the firing line of the Philippines' rumbling Mount Mayon volcano risk forcible evacuation unless they leave the danger zone, officials said Monday. Photo:Ho/AFP

This NASA satellite image from December 15 shows the Mayon volcano ...

(AFP) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - This NASA satellite image from December 15 shows the Mayon volcano in the Philippines. More than 3,000 villagers remaining in a no-go zone around the Philippines' rumbling Mayon volcano began to evacuate after officials threatened to force them out. Photo:/AFP

The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome December 18, 2009. REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA

The flags of Russia, Japan, the United States and Kazakhstan ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The flags of Russia, Japan, the United States and Kazakhstan are seen flying shortly after the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft was raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome December 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Bill Ingalls-NASA/Handout (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: SCI TECH)

The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome December 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan, is scheduled for December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: SCI TECH IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A handout photograph shows the first flash of sunlight reflected ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A handout photograph shows the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 8, 2009 and released by NASA to Reuters December 17, 2009. The glint off a mirror-like surface is known as a specular reflection. It confirmed the presence of liquid in the moon's northern hemisphere, where lakes are more numerous and larger than those in the southern hemisphere. REUTERS/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/DLR/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Astronaut Mike Foreman waves at the camera during the Atlantis ...

(AFP) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Astronaut Mike Foreman waves at the camera during the Atlantis mission last month to the International Space Station. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was personally skeptical of manned space missions and warned that NASA's future funding could depend on whether it was likely to create jobs. Photo:/AFP

A colour image of Mayon volcano in the Philippines was captured ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A colour image of Mayon volcano in the Philippines was captured on December 15, 2009, by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite. A small plume of ash and/or steam is blowing west from the summit. Dark-coloured lava or debris flows from previous eruptions streak the flanks of the mountain. A ravine on the southeast slope is occupied by a particularly prominent lava or debris flow. According to local news reports from December 16, fragments of lava were continuously detaching from the lava filing the crater and cascading down slope up to 3 km (2 miles). REUTERS/NASA EO-1 team/Handout (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Pope Benedict XVI greets NASA astronauts Mike Massimino (R) ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Pope Benedict XVI greets NASA astronauts Mike Massimino (R) and Scott Altman (C) and their wives during his weekly general audience at the Vatican December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION SCI TECH)

An artist's concept of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An artist's concept of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is shown in this publicity illustration released to Reuters November 17, 2009. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifts off ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:56:00 GMT

United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with NASA?s Wide-field ...

(AFP) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with NASA?s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite sits poised for launch at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, December 13. NASA on Monday launched the satellite on a mission to orbit Earth and scan the sky in infrared light to photograph the glow of hundreds of millions of objects. Photo:/AFP

This undated handout image shows NASA?s Wide-field Infrared ...

(AFP) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - This undated handout image shows NASA?s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, satellite sits poised on a work stand as it is readied for launch at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA launched Monday a new breed of satellite called WISE on a mission to orbit Earth and map the skies to find elusive cosmic objects, including potentially dangerous asteroids. Photo:/AFP

This NASA handout photo shows United Launch Alliance Delta II ...

(AFP) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - This NASA handout photo shows United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, satellite after launching from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA launched the WISE on a mission to orbit Earth and map the skies to find elusive cosmic objects, including potentially dangerous asteroids. Photo:/AFP

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifts off ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifts off atop a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California December 14, 2009 in this photograph released by NASA. The rocket deposited WISE into a polar orbit 326 miles above Earth, on its way to map the entire sky in infrared light. REUTERS/NASA/United Launch Alliance/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

NASA on Monday launched its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ...

(AFP) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - NASA on Monday launched its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite on a mission to orbit Earth and scan the sky in infrared light to photograph the glow of hundreds of millions of objects. Photo:/AFP

A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (C), floating southwest ...

(AFP) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (C), floating southwest off the West Australian coast. An island-sized iceberg is breaking up as it drifts closer to Australia, producing hundreds of smaller slabs spread over a massive area of ocean, experts have said. Photo:/AFP

A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (C), floating southwest ...

(AFP) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (C), floating southwest off the West Australian coast. The 140-square-kilometre (54-square-mile) block of ice, known as B17B, was seen some 1,700 kilometres (1,054 miles) south-southwest of Australia's western coast on December 9, prompting a maritime alert for vessels in the area. Photo:/AFP

A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (top L), some 19 kilometres ...

(AFP) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (top L), some 19 kilometres (12 miles) long, floating in the Ross Sea, near Antarctica. The island-sized iceberg is breaking up as it drifts closer to Australia, producing hundreds of smaller slabs spread over a massive area of ocean, experts said Monday. Photo:/AFP

This recent photo provided by NASA and the European Space Agency, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:45:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - This recent photo provided by NASA and the European Space Agency, and captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the deepest image of the universe ever taken in near-infrared light. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/NASA, European Space Agency)