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ED FEULNER: Some cold facts on global warming

By Ed Feulner

In this Jan. 28, 1986, file photo, the space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, File)

Challenger accident, 30 years later: New voice at astronauts’ memorial

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

A stunning new image from the Hubbell Space Telescope shows the Trumpler 14 star cluster, home to the brightest stars in the galaxy. (NASA/ESA, Jesus Maiz Apellaniz)

Space telescope captures stunning image of ‘dazzling diamonds’ - the brightest stars in the galaxy

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

A solar powered guardian device under development at NASA is meant to push a threatening asteroid off course, and away from Earth. It is part of a new planetary defense effort by the federal space agency against threats from asteroids, comets and other inbound objects. (Image from NASA)

Relieved? NASA opens Planetary Defense Coordination Office to protect Earth from incoming asteroids

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration on an expedition to Mars by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

SUZANNE FIELDS: The challenge to get to Mars and back

By Suzanne Fields

The Geminid meteor shower will peak on Sunday night; here's a previous display as a single meteoroite streaks across the aurora borealis in Norway. (Image courtesy of NASA)

Geminid meteor shower predicted to be a mighty big show on Sunday

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

NASA Astronaut during a space walk (Image from NASA)

Polish up the resume: NASA puts out a call for new astronauts

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

This August 2014 photo provided by Shu Chien shows her son Moshe Kai Cavalin at the DEF CON 23 hacker's conference in Las Vegas. Cavalin, of San Gabriel, Calif., earned a bachelor’s in math from UCLA at age 15, and is taking online classes through Brandeis University, near Boston, towards a master’s in cybersecurity. He’s also working for NASA, where he is developing aircraft tracking technology. (Shu Chien via AP)

Moshe Kai Cavalin, 17, has 2 degrees, flies planes, works at NASA

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, file photo, an unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket headed for the International Space Station explodes shortly after liftoff at Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. In a report released in October 2015, NASA's independent review team said a fire and explosion in a rocket engine are to blame for the failed space station shipment last October. (Jay Diem/Eastern Shore News via AP)

Fire in engine doomed Orbital rocket on space station flight

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This image provided by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a close-up of the red planet Mars. (AP Photo/NASA) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: Mars is calling

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This undated photo provided by NASA and taken by an instrument aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks on the surface of Mars that scientists believe were caused by flowing streams of salty water. Researchers said Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, that the latest observations strongly support the longtime theory that salt water in liquid form flows down certain Martian slopes each summer. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona via AP)

Life on Mars? NASA says planet appears to have flowing water

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This photo provided by courtesy of the Toronto International Film Festival and Twentieth Century Fox shows Matt Damon as Mark Watney a scene from the film, "The Martian," directed by Ridley Scott. (Toronto International Film Festival/Twentieth Century Fox via AP)

Astronauts have read ‘The Martian,’ now can’t wait for movie

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Climate Change Scam Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

TOM HARRIS: Global warming: Deceptive temperature record claims

By Tom Harris

This image made available by NASA on Friday, July 24, 2015 shows Pluto made by combining several images from two cameras on the New Horizons spacecraft. The images were taken when the spacecraft was 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) away from Pluto. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP)

ISIS supporters: Rename Pluto ‘The Moon of Mohammed’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Two Perseid meteors, center and lower left, streak across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower during 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Perseid meteor shower puts on a major show tonight

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

This 1986 file photo provided by NASA shows the crew of the space shuttle Challenger. From left are Ellison Onizuka, Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and Judith Resnik. (AP Photo/NASA) ** FILE **

Challenger, Columbia wreckage on public display for 1st time

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 4, 2015 photo provided by NASA, astronaut Scott Kelly sits inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. On Thursday, July 16, 2015, a piece of space junk forced the three International Space Station astronauts, including Kelly, to seek emergency shelter in their Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station, in case they had to make a quick getaway. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

Russian space junk sends space station astronauts into ‘safe haven’ vehicle

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

This July 11, 2015, image provided by NASA shows Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft. On Tuesday, July 14, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will come closest to Pluto. New Horizons has traveled 3 billion miles over 9½ years to get to the historic point. (NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI via AP)

Pluto: Spacecraft makes flyby of icy, mystery world

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This July 11, 2015, image provided by NASA shows Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft. (Associated Press)

It’s showtime for Pluto; prepare to be amazed by NASA flyby

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press