Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Through NASA, a university-designed small spacecraft is paving the way to studying particles, known as neutrinos, that move through the universe at near-light speeds. The Solar Neutrino Astro-Particle PhYsics CubeSat, known as SNAPPY, launched at 12 a.m.

Posted May 7, 2026

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Earth

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Natural Disasters

US-Indian Space Mission Maps Extreme Subsidence in Mexico City

One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City.

Posted April 29, 2026

Technology Demonstration

Glenn Research Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. On Feb. 24, for the first time in years and at power levels exceeding any previous test in the United States, a team fired up […]

Posted April 28, 2026

Artemis 2

Artemis

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Glenn Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Communications Technology

Technology Demonstration

NASA Laser Terminal Enhances Views During Artemis II Mission

Millions of people watched the historic launch of Artemis II and were captivated by the mission’s 10-day journey around the Moon as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen ventured farther into space than any human before.

Posted April 28, 2026

Mars

Astrobiology

Curiosity (Rover)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Perseverance (Rover)

NASA’s Perseverance, Curiosity Panoramas Capture Two Sides of Mars

NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have captured two 360-degree landscapes that highlight how the missions are revealing details of the Red Planet’s formation, watery past, and potential for life. Located 2,345 miles (3,775 kilometers) apart from each other on Mars — about the distance from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.

Posted April 27, 2026

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

Astrophysics

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Nebulae

Protostars

Stars

The Milky Way

‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped interstellar ice at an unprecedented scale.

Posted April 15, 2026

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Earth

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Water on Earth

NASA-ISRO Satellite Captures Pacific Northwest Through Clouds

Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are among the cloudiest cities in the United States. But that infamous cloud cover is no match for the U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is designed to peer straight through clouds.

Posted March 25, 2026

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Ames Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Technology

NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets

As NASA seeks to understand the mysteries of the universe, the agency is advancing technologies to locate and explore Earth-like planets far beyond our solar system. A key element of this research involves observing reflected light from exoplanets, which can reveal indicators of Earth-like features such as water and oxygen.

Posted March 24, 2026

General

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Headquarters

NASA Exploration, Science Inspire “Project Hail Mary” Film

Real-life space exploration and big-screen science fiction will converge on Friday.

Posted March 20, 2026

Exoplanet Science

Astrobiology

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Tiny NASA Spacecraft Delivers Exoplanet Mission’s First Images

With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA’s Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, is ready to begin charting the energetic lives of the galaxy’s most common stars to help answer one of humanity’s most profound questions: Which distant worlds beyond our solar system might be habitable? Initial, or […]

Posted March 12, 2026