NASA Mars Orbiter Spots Retired InSight Lander to Study Dust Movement
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught a glimpse of the agency’s retired InSight lander recently, documenting the accumulation of dust on the spacecraft’s solar panels.…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has crested the top of Jezero Crater’s rim at a location the science team calls “Lookout Hill” and rolling toward its…
NASA’s Juno Mission Uncovers Heart of Jovian Moon’s Volcanic Rage
Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of…
NASA-DOD Study: Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100
Seawater will infiltrate underground freshwater supplies in about three of every four coastal areas around the world by the year 2100, according to a recent…
NASA Performs First Aircraft Accident Investigation on Another World
Engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and AeroVironment are completing a detailed assessment of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s final flight on Jan.…
NASA Eyes Launching SPHEREx Sky-Mapping Mission in Early 2025
NASA and SpaceX are targeting late February 2025 for the launch of the agency’s next astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of…
NASA’s PACE, US-European SWOT Satellites Offer Combined Look at Ocean
The ocean is an engine that drives Earth’s weather patterns and climate and sustains a substantial portion of life on the planet. A new animation…
NASA Researchers Discover More Dark Comets
The first dark comet — a celestial object that looks like an asteroid but moves through space like a comet — was reported less than…
Leader of NASA’s VERITAS Mission Honored With AGU’s Whipple Award
Suzanne Smrekar, a senior research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, received the Fred Whipple Award on Monday, Dec. 9, in Washington…
Students Aim High at NASA JPL ‘Candy Toss’ Competition
The 25th Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which welcomed more than 200 students to compete using home-built devices, was pretty…