NASA’s Stardust-NExT Mission comes to a successful end. On February 24, 2011, NASA engineers commanded the Stardust spacecraft to burn its remaining fuel.  The fuel burn being used as a future measure of fuel consumption and efficiency. Originally launched to collect particles from comet Wild 2, Stardust was then commanded …

Japan gets hits by an historic 9.0 quake. The following tsunami devastated much of east coastal Japan. The count of lost lives continues to rise, as the country struggles with controlling ecological and human tragedy. Check out this NOAA image of tsunami wave height projections.

Japan ends whaling season after a high seas confrontation.  Whaling protestors from the conservation society Sea Shepherd were successful in halting the seasons hunt, forcing whalers to leave with only 10% of their quota. Japan is the only country that conducts this kind of whale research in international waters.  The hunts …

2010 beat the averages and comes in tied with 2005 as the planet’s hottest year.  Heat wave experiences around the world have people closely monitoring climate conditions.  The latest data further confirms the earth’s long term warming trend.