Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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

‘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

Earth

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

Water on Earth

US-French Satellite Takes Stock of World’s River Water

In a first, a space mission led by NASA and France has tracked Earth’s rivers swelling and shrinking from month to month over the course of a year and found significantly less of a swing than previous model-based estimates. A record drought in the Amazon likely influenced the tally made by the Surface Water and […]

Posted March 4, 2026

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Kjell N. Lindgren

Inside Project Hail Mary

NASA astronaut and deputy director of the Flight Operations Directorate Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with panelists and the audience at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 25, 2026.

Posted February 26, 2026

Earth Observatory

Earthquakes

Ice & Glaciers

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Landslides

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier

Satellite-based radar images show where a powerful earthquake in the Yukon, Canada, sent rock, snow, and ice spilling across the frozen landscapes of the St. Elias Mountains.

Posted February 25, 2026

Curiosity (Rover)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sees Martian ‘Spiderwebs’ Up Close

For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in between. Crisscrossing the surface for miles, the formations suggest ancient groundwater flowed on this part of the Red Planet […]

Posted February 23, 2026

Cryosphere

Earth Observatory

Earth Visualization & Mapping

Ice & Glaciers

Jet Propulsion Laboratory