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NASA’s SunRISE Mission: Six Mini-Satellites Set To Illuminate Solar Mysteries

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:19:56 +0000

The satellites are part of the agency’s SunRISE mission, which will study the physics behind explosions that the Sun generates. Most NASA missions feature one...

Navigating NASA’s Waves: Google’s Voyage Through Earth’s Water Cycle

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:37:16 +0000

Google’s “A Passage of Water” Brings NASA’s Water Data to Life This immersive experience leverages satellite data to illustrate how climate change is impacting Earth’s...

Astronaut’s Eye View: Breathtaking Mars Horizon Captured by NASA’s Odyssey Orbiter

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:45:24 +0000

NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has provided new panoramic images of Mars and its moon Phobos, offering fresh insights into the Martian landscape and atmosphere. The...

Historic First: NASA Uses Two Worlds to Test Future Mars Helicopter Designs

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:29:16 +0000

Engineers will go beyond the ends of the Earth to find more performance for future Mars helicopters. For the first time in history, two planets...

EMIT: NASA’s Unexpected Hero in the Climate Crisis

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 21:09:51 +0000

Since launching 16 months ago, the EMIT imaging spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has shown an ability to detect more than just surface minerals....

NISAR’s Odyssey: Pioneering Earth-Observing Satellite Clears Crucial Test

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 13:28:33 +0000

During three weeks in a thermal vacuum chamber in Bengaluru, India, the joint NASA-ISRO satellite demonstrated its hardiness in a harsh, space-like environment. NISAR, the...

Expanding Horizons: NASA’s Cold Atom Lab Pioneers Quantum Chemistry in Space

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:59:50 +0000

The remotely operated facility aboard the International Space Station has created another tool that researchers can use to probe the fundamental nature of the world...

Cosmic Vanishing Acts: NASA Unraveling the Mystery of Shrinking Exoplanets

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 15:21:46 +0000

A new study could explain the ‘missing’ exoplanets between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking. In a new...

Sun’s Curtain Call: Mars Missions Go Rogue During Solar Conjunction

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:29:20 +0000

Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet....

10 Million Miles Away: NASA Achieves Historic Data Exchange With Deep Space Optical Communications Experiment

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:23:16 +0000

DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for...

Mapping the Cosmos: NASA’s Latest Space Telescope To Survey 450 Million Galaxies

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:24:56 +0000

Key elements are coming together for NASA’s SPHEREx mission, a space telescope that will create a map of the universe like none before. NASA’s SPHEREx...

Fly Your Name to Jupiter’s Moon: Join NASA’s Europa Odyssey

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:59:49 +0000

Six weeks remain for you to add your name to a microchip that will ride aboard the spacecraft as it explores Jupiter’s moon Europa. It’s...

Rising Tides and Troubled Waters: NASA Forecasts El Niño-Driven Flood Fury This Winter

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:16:59 +0000

Such high-tide flooding that inundates roads and buildings along the west coast of the Americas tends to be uncommon outside of El Niño years, but...

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Discovers Jupiter’s Winds Penetrate the Planet in Cylindrical Layers

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 21:22:10 +0000

The finding offers deeper insights into the long-debated internal structure of the gas giant. Gravity data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates Jupiter’s atmospheric winds...

Historic Martian Milestone: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:19:27 +0000

The Curiosity mission team is making sure the robotic scientist, now in its fourth extended mission, is staying strong, despite the wear and tear from...

From Martian Oxygen to Sonic Thumps: NASA’s Stellar TIME Inventions of 2023

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 15:54:18 +0000

MOXIE, the oxygen-generating experiment aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, is among the technologies honored by the magazine. As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its...

Don’t Miss: Leonid Meteor Shower Peak & Saturn in “The Sea”

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 08:52:05 +0000

What are some skywatching highlights in November 2023? The Leonid meteors peak, Saturn sits in the celestial sea, and Venus and Jupiter are visible on...

Global Climate Watchdog: NISAR Radar Mission To Provide Dynamic View of Forests & Wetlands

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 23:06:16 +0000

NISAR will help researchers explore how changes in Earth’s forest and wetland ecosystems are affecting the global carbon cycle and influencing climate change. Once it...

SWOT Mission: See an Unprecedented View of Global Sea Levels [Video]

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 23:47:55 +0000

Data on sea surface heights around the world from the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission yields a mesmerizing view of the planet’s ocean....

NASA’s Radiant Armor: The Europa Clipper’s Dance With Jupiter’s Radiation

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 22:40:03 +0000

To explore the mysterious ice-encrusted moon Europa, the mission will need to endure bombardment by radiation and high-energy particles surrounding Jupiter. When NASA’s Europa Clipper...

Lucky Lucy: WISE’s Serendipitous Observations Light Path to Asteroid Dinkinesh

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:29:43 +0000

Researchers have utilized infrared survey data to refine the asteroid’s size and surface brightness in support of the November 1 encounter by NASA’s Lucy mission....

NASA’s Juno Mission Discovers Organics on Jupiter’s Giant Moon Ganymede

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:46:14 +0000

Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates a briny past may be bubbling to the surface on Jupiter’s largest moon. NASA’s Juno mission has observed...

Cold Case Solved: NASA Maps Reveal Mars’ Hidden Ice Stashes

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:25:45 +0000

The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the less missions will...

A Halloween Treat: NASA’s Juno Mission Glimpses an Eerie “Face” on Jupiter

Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 08:25:42 +0000

During its 54th flyby, NASA’s Juno captured an image of Jupiter’s Jet N7 region, revealing turbulent clouds and the planet’s terminator. Processed by Vladimir Tarasov,...