Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jonathan Lunine Appointed Chief Scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

In his new role, his leadership will be critical in fostering an environment of scientific innovation and excellence, ensuring that JPL remains at the forefront of discovery. Distinguished planetary scientist and astrophysicist Jonathan I. Lunine has been appointed chief scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Posted June 6, 2024

Technology Transfer & Spinoffs

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Spinoffs

Technology Transfer

New Energy Source Powers Subsea Robots Indefinitely

Power modules driven by ocean temperatures save money, reduce pollution

Posted June 4, 2024

Europa

Europa Clipper

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jupiter Moons

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA’s Europa Clipper Unpacks in Florida

Crews rotated to vertical then lifted NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft from its protective shipping container after it arrived at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 28.

Posted May 31, 2024

PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment)

Climate Change

Earth

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Twin NASA Satellites Ready to Help Gauge Earth’s Energy Balance

Information from the PREFIRE mission will illuminate how clouds and water vapor in the Arctic and Antarctic influence the amount of heat the poles radiate into space. A pair of new shoebox-size NASA satellites will help unravel an atmospheric mystery that’s bedeviled scientists for years: how the behavior of clouds and water vapor at Earth’s […]

Posted May 30, 2024

Earth's Moon

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Lunar Science

Mars

Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics

Planetary Science

Science Instruments

NASA to Measure Moonquakes With Help From InSight Mars Mission

The technology behind the two seismometers that make up NASA’s Farside Seismic Suite was used to detect more than a thousand Red Planet quakes. The most sensitive instrument ever built to measure quakes and meteor strikes on other worlds is getting closer to its journey to the mysterious far side of the Moon. It’s one […]

Posted May 29, 2024

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Magellan

Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Venus

VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography & Spectroscopy)

Volcanoes

Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data

An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data. Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus has been observed for a second time. Scientists in Italy analyzed archival data from NASA’s Magellan mission […]

Posted May 27, 2024

Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage

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People of NASA

Women at NASA

Helen Ling, Changemaker

Helen Ling, seen here in a photo from Feb. 16, 1973, was influential in the inclusion of women in STEM positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. After majoring in Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame—the only woman to do so at the time—Ling joined her brother in working at JPL. She became a supervisor […]

Posted May 24, 2024

Euclid

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Dark Energy

Dark Matter & Dark Energy

Galaxies

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Origin & Evolution of the Universe

Stars

The Universe

New Images From Euclid Mission Reveal Wide View of the Dark Universe

With NASA contributions, the mission will complement dark energy studies to be made by the agency’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Posted May 23, 2024

Psyche Mission

Asteroids

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Psyche Asteroid

The Solar System

NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters

The spacecraft already is beyond the distance of Mars and is using ion propulsion to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid, where it will orbit and collect science data. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft passed its six-month checkup with a clean bill of health, and there’s no holding back now.

Posted May 22, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Exoplanet Science

Exoplanets

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Studying Exoplanets

NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets

A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help pave the way in the search for habitable worlds outside our solar system by testing new tools that block starlight, […]

Posted May 21, 2024