2011 Was the 11th Hottest Year on Record
An average global temperature of 57.9 degrees Fahrenheit marked 2011 as the 11th hottest year on record. At a full 0.9 degrees warmer than the 20th century average, this past year was hotter than
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NASA Study Says Air Pollution Controls Could Slow Climate Change and Boost Agriculture Yield
A recent NASA study completed in New York City at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) found that fourteen key air pollution control measures could not only help to curb climate change,
Google Wants to House Its Own Private Jet Fleet in NASA’s Hangar One
Google is no stranger to eco initiatives with their many investments in solar power and alternative energies, but unfortunately they still do have quite a few guilty carbon pleasures like their fleet of
New Mars Curiosity Science Laboratory Will be Nuclear Powered Instead of Solar
Heading off on a long journey to Mars on Saturday is NASA’s new Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory which, once it lands on the Red Planet, will be powered by nuclear energy. Unlike previous Mars
Leading Scientists Predict Giant Orbiting Power Plants Could Power the Earth by 2041
Solar power has been studied and tested for nearly 40 years, but only within the last few years have we seen innovations truly make leaps and bounds. Looking towards the future, scientists are now saying
NASA Announces Plans to Launch the Largest Solar Sail Ever Created
Solar activity sometimes causes disturbances through massive flares, but the energy can also be used to increase in-space propulsion capability – harnessing solar power with solar sails could expand
Watch as NASA’s Solar-Powered Twin GRAIL Spacecrafts Launch For the Moon This Morning!
T-minus ten minutes and counting! NASA is scheduled to launch its newest mission, The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL this morning at 8:37 9:16AM EDT. Two twin spacecrafts will be
The First Robotic Astronaut on the International Space Station Starts Work
While one chapter of the space program has come to an end with the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet, another has begun as a next-generation astronaut just began his tour on board the International
Google & NASA Partner to Host Green Flight Challenge With $1.65 Million Prize
From the Elektra One electric airplane to Siemens’ plug-in hybrid aircraft, we’ve been seeing a lot of eco-friendly airplanes lately. While we love any airplane that doesn’t spew massive
How Green Design Will Propel the Planes Of The 21st Century
Aircraft are responsible for a staggering 11% of the United States’ CO2 emissions, however a lot of work is being done to make them more environmentally friendly. Plane designers are doing
Space Shuttle Program Officially Retired, Millions of Gallons of Fuel to Be Saved
Space Shuttle Atlantis made its final landing today at the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, Florida officially marking the end of NASA’s 30 year-long space shuttle program that included 5 vessels,
NASA’s Pee Recycling Bag Turns Urine Into a Sports Drink
News from the septic tank appears to be all the rage as of late, and it seems as though NASA is also on board. This Friday, their innovative design to recycle human urine into a “sugary drink”
NASA Rejoins Space Race with MPCV Craft for Manned Deep Space Flights
For a while there it looked like NASA was dropping out of the race to develop future technologies for space travel. Space crafts were aging and being retired, and the government simply didn’t have
New NASA Satellite Will Study Ocean Salinity Levels for Clues on Climate Change
On June 9th NASA will be launching their Aquarius/SAC-D observatory, a satellite dedicated to studying changes in the Earth’s climate. The main instrument on the satellite, the Aquarius, will be
NASA Funds Cessna to Develop Self-Healing ‘Magic Skin’ for Airplanes
NASA just awarded four research groups a total of $16.5 million to develop projects that focus on improving airliner safety, fuel efficiency and noise. Included is a remarkable study by The Cessna
DARPA to Start Work on 100-Year Starship Study That Could Give Way to a Greener Life
The United States’ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have done great things in the past – they have aided in the Apollo moon missions, invented the Internet, developed solar blimps
NASA Set to Launch Solar NanoSail into Space
This year Inhabitat brought you the Japanese space agency’s successful deployment and use of a solar sail to propel its spacecraft Ikaros, and now NASA announced plans this week for its own solar
NASA’s X-Hab Contest Wants Your Best Inflatable Space Habitats
We’re not ready to give up on our polluted planet quite yet, but it never hurts to look towards the stars. NASA just launched their eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) Competition, which challenges
Rocket Engine Technology Being Used to Capture Carbon
We all know that rocket science is cool – but did you know that it may also be a way to improve carbon capture technology? Under an innovative research project being run by the Department of
Japanese Spacecraft Successfully Deploys First Solar Sail in Space
the Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time.
MIT Team Unveils Airplane that Uses 70 Percent Less Fuel
Today a team of researchers at MIT unveiled their latest feat of engineering — an airplane that uses 70% less fuel than conventional aircraft. The MIT team was one of six groups — and the only
NASA’s Gift to Earth: A Climate Change Supercomputer
Just in time for Earth Day, a new NASA data-crunching tool aims to revolutionize global climate change research. NASA Earth Exchange, or NEX, uses a 128-screen supercomputer to combine satellite images,
Scientists Develop First Underwater Robot Powered Entirely by Ocean’s Thermal Energy
Everyone loves a cool robot, and this new one blows others out of the water. A team of researchers recently developed Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangrian Observer Thermal RECharging (SOLO-TREC), the
Obama Gives Nasa $2.4 Billion to Study Climate Change
NASA’s about to lend a heavier hand in the fight against climate change. The news that President Obama would be rearranging NASA’s budget to focus more on what can be done to stop global warming
NASA Launches Giant Magnifying Glass into Space to Collect Solar Energy
Early this morning NASA kicked off Operation LENS, an ambitious plan to concentrate and collect solar power using a giant magnifying glass in outer space. Long speculated to be a rumor, the 7,000,000 ft.
NASA to Launch New Weather Satellite in Space
While everyone else is commuting home from work today, a NASA rocket will be making another, longer, trip–taking the agency’s newest weather satellite into space! After the Geostationary
Chile Earthquake May Have Shifted Earth’s Axis, Shortened Days
Photo via Inquisitr In addition to causing widespread death and destruction, last week’s devastating earthquake in Chile may have shifted the Earth’s axis permanently and created shorter days,
NASA Unveils All-Electric Personal Flight Vehicle
NASA is currently working on a personal aircraft that will put jet packs to shame. The Puffin is an all-electric one-man aircraft that could be the start of some new and amazing air travel technology.
NASA Launches Solar-Powered Asteroid-Detecting Telescope
This morning NASA launched the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), a solar-powered infrared telescope that will scan the skies for earth-threatening asteroids and comets. We love covering all
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