Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars Odyssey
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
The 2001 Odyssey spacecraft captured a first-of-its-kind look at Arsia Mons, which dwarfs Earth’s tallest volcanoes. A new panorama from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows one of the Red Planet’s biggest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, poking through a canopy of clouds just before dawn. Arsia Mons and two other volcanoes form what is known as […]
Posted June 6, 2025
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earthquakes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural Disasters
Volcanoes
An online tool maps measurements and enables non-experts to understand earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, and other types of land motion. NASA is collaborating with the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks to create a powerful web-based tool that will show the movement of land across North America down to less than an inch.
Posted June 6, 2025
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Gaia
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
NEOWISE
The Universe
WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)
Black holes are invisible to us unless they interact with something else. Some continuously eat gas and dust, and appear to glow brightly over time as matter falls in. But other black holes secretly lie in wait for years until a star comes close enough to snack on. A new study using space and ground-based […]
Posted June 4, 2025
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by extreme rainfall and by a loosened ice jam. While there is currently no database that compiles satellite data on […]
Posted May 21, 2025
Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
The rover took the image — its fifth since landing in February 2021 — between stops investigating the Martian surface. A Martian dust devil photobombed NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover as it took a selfie on May 10 to mark its 1,500th sol (Martian day) exploring the Red Planet. At the time, the six-wheeled rover was […]
Posted May 21, 2025
Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Scientists expect the new area of interest on the lower slope of Jezero Crater’s rim to offer up some of the oldest rocks on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is exploring a new region of interest the team is calling “Krokodillen” that may contain some of the oldest rocks on Mars. The area […]
Posted May 19, 2025
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceanography
Oceans
The international mission collects two-dimensional views of smaller waves and currents that are bringing into focus the ocean’s role in supporting life on Earth. Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies.
Posted May 15, 2025
Magellan
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Planetary Science
Venus
VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography & Spectroscopy)
Using archival data from the mission, launched in 1989, researchers have uncovered new evidence that tectonic activity may be deforming the planet’s surface.
Posted May 14, 2025
Vesta
Dawn
Earth's Moon
GRAIL (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Planetary Science
Small Bodies of the Solar System
The Solar System
Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary structures without having to land on the surface. Although the Moon and the asteroid Vesta are very different, two NASA studies use the same technique to reveal new details about the interiors of both.
Posted May 14, 2025
Europa Clipper
Europa
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Headed for Jupiter’s moon Europa, the spacecraft did some sightseeing, using a flyby of Mars to calibrate its infrared imaging instrument. On its recent swing by Mars, NASA’s Europa Clipper took the opportunity to capture infrared images of the Red Planet.
Posted May 12, 2025
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