Moon Struck: NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Fizzles Out, but Not Without a Flash of Success
While the CubeSat couldn’t reach the lunar South Pole to help seek ice, it fulfilled several technology goals that will empower future missions for the…
While the CubeSat couldn’t reach the lunar South Pole to help seek ice, it fulfilled several technology goals that will empower future missions for the…
A study published in Science reveals that mineral dust from land plays a vital role in fertilizing phytoplankton growth in oceans. Researchers combined satellite observations…
On its 3,800th sol, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover photographed a book-like rock, “Terra Firme,” a result of water depositing harder minerals and wind erosion shaping…
After the devastating loss of two back-to-back missions to Mars in 1999, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory found itself at a crossroads. Would the lab pull…
A versatile robot that would autonomously map, traverse, and explore previously inaccessible destinations is being put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. How…
A star nearing the end of its life swelled up and absorbed a Jupiter-size planet. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will go through…
The work is based on new modeling and explores how oceans could exist in unlikely places in our solar system. New computer modeling and re-analysis…
What are some skywatching highlights in May 2023? Venus reaches its highest point in the evening sky for the year, while Jupiter disappears behind the…
In 2021, a pair of quakes sent seismic waves deep into the Red Planet’s core, giving scientists the best data yet on its size and…
Researchers created a toolkit for determining the clarity and surface temperature of coastal waters. The data is freely accessible data and can help assess reefs…
Merging data from multiple satellites, OPERA can help government agencies, disaster responders, and the public access data about natural and human impacts to the land….
A new NASA study offers an explanation of how quakes could be the source of the mysteriously smooth terrain on moons circling Jupiter and Saturn….
JPL’s Abigail Fraeman will help study the composition of Phobos and Deimos using instruments on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s spacecraft. NASA has selected 10…
Recipients include a concept from NASA’s JPL that would use next-generation radar technology to improve how we study Earth and other worlds. Six researchers have…
The update brings loads of improvements, the most significant being new driving capabilities. Years in the making, a major software update that has been installed…
If any spacecraft could be said to have had nine lives, it was Galileo. At the time of its launch, this mission to Jupiter was…
Both scientists and the public can navigate a new global image of the Red Planet that was made at Caltech using data from NASA’s Mars…
The board, initiated by NASA, will provide added confidence that the program won’t exceed guidelines following an important upcoming milestone. NASA will convene a Mars…