James Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space and a world expert on global warming (L) joins demonstrators during a protest organised by Christian Aid in Coventry, West Midlands on March 19, 2009. Hundreds of campaigners took part in a day of action to highlight the danger of climate change during a march in Coventry. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

James Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space and a world expert on global warming (L) joins demonstrators during a protest organised by Christian Aid in Coventry, West Midlands on March 19, 2009. Hundreds of campaigners took part in a day of action to highlight the danger of climate change during a march in Coventry.

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  1. This image provided by NASA Monday Nov. 23, 2009 shows the Crab Nebula that is one of the most studied objects in the sky, making it a cosmic icon. X-ray data from Chandra provide significant clues to the workings of this mighty cosmic "generator," which is producing energy at the rate of 100,000 suns. This composite image uses data from three of NASA's Great Observatories. The Chandra X-ray image is shown in blue, the Hubble Space Telescope optical images are in yellow and red, and the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared image is in purple.
  2. This undated image provided by NASA shows an unmanned NASA predator aircraft, Ikhana. This aircraft, equipped with an infrared imaging sensor flew Nov. 19, 2009 over large areas burned by California wildfires to help the Forest Service assess damage. Operating from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, the Predator overflew the 250 square miles burned by the summer's Station Fire in Angeles National Forest and the 57-square-mile area scorched by the 2008 Piute Fire in Sequoia National Forest and other federal land in Kern County.
  3. This image provided by NASA shows an overview from NASA's remotely piloted Predator B aircraft, the Ikhana, equipped with an infrared imaging sensor, after conducting post-burn assessments (purple area) of the Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest, Calif. The unmanned aircraft completed a seven-hour imaging flight Nov. 19, 2009 from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
  4. This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows two young brown dwarfs, objects that fall somewhere between planets and stars in terms of their temperature and mass, in this photograph released by NASA November 23, 2009. In this long sought-after view of these very young objects, which appear as closely-spaced purple-blue and orange-white dots at the very center of this image. The surrounding envelope of cool dust surrounding this nursery can be seen in purple. These "twins," which were found in the region of the Taurus-Auriga star-formation complex, are the youngest of their kind ever detected. This image combined data from three different telescopes on the ground and in space.
  5. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr., top, and astronaut Randolph Bresnik are seen working on the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station. Atlantis and its crew of seven will depart the space station Wednesday.
  6. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen working over the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, at 1 p.m. EST. Satcher is working with astronaut Randolph Bresnik, the father of a new baby girl. The two will hook up a fresh oxygen tank and science experiments at the International Space Station.
  7. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen working on a oxygen tank near the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, 23, 2009, at 1 p.m. EST. Satcher is working with astronaut Randolph Bresnik, the father of a new baby girl. The two will hook up a fresh oxygen tank and science experiments at the International Space Station.
  8. In this image made from video and released by NASA, astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. is seen, top center, taking photographs of the earth after working on a oxygen tank near the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, 23, 2009, at 1 p.m. EST. Satcher is working with astronaut Randolph Bresnik, the father of a new baby girl. The two will hook up a fresh oxygen tank and science experiments at the International Space Station.

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