Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Euclid

Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, has made a surprising discovery in our cosmic backyard: a phenomenon called an Einstein ring. An Einstein ring is light from a distant galaxy bending to form a ring that appears aligned with a foreground object. The name honors Albert Einstein, whose general theory of […]

Posted February 10, 2025

Airborne Science

Armstrong Flight Research Center

B200

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Explores Earth Science with New Navigational System

NASA and its partners recently tested an aircraft guidance system that could help planes maintain a precise course even while flying at high speeds up to 500 mph. The instrument is Soxnav, the culmination of more than 30 years of development of aircraft navigation systems. NASA’s G-IV aircraft flew its first mission to test this […]

Posted February 7, 2025

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

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

Missions

NASA’s InSight Finds Marsquakes From Meteoroids Go Deeper Than Expected

With help from AI, scientists discovered a fresh crater made by an impact that shook material as deep as the Red Planet’s mantle. Meteoroids striking Mars produce seismic signals that can reach deeper into the planet than previously known. That’s the finding of a pair of new papers comparing marsquake data collected by NASA’s InSight […]

Posted February 3, 2025

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

Exoplanets

Galaxies

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Stars

The Universe

6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA’s Newest Space Telescope

Shaped like a megaphone, the upcoming mission will map the entire sky in infrared light to answer big questions about the universe. Expected to launch no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory will provide astronomers with a big-picture view of the cosmos like none before.

Posted January 31, 2025

Juno

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jupiter

Jupiter Moons

The Solar System

NASA Juno Mission Spots Most Powerful Volcanic Activity on Io to Date

Even by the standards of Io, the most volcanic celestial body in the solar system, recent events observed on the Jovian moon are extreme. Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have discovered a volcanic hot spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter’s moon Io. The hot spot is not only larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but […]

Posted January 28, 2025

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

Astrophysics Division

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

Science Mission Directorate

NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch

NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 31, to discuss a new telescope that will improve our understanding of how the universe evolved and search for key ingredients for life in our galaxy. Agency experts will preview NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and […]

Posted January 27, 2025

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA JPL Prepping for Full Year of Launches, Mission Milestones

Missions will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang and ongoing changes to Earth’s surface. With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is already deep into a busy 2025. Early in the new year, the Eaton Fire came close to JPL, destroying […]

Posted January 23, 2025

Asteroids

Earth's Moon

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Planetary Defense

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Planetary Science

Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon Rock

Lee esta historia en español aquí. The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science.

Posted January 22, 2025

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Earth

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth

Set to launch within a few months, NISAR will use a technique called synthetic aperture radar to produce incredibly detailed maps of surface change on our planet.

Posted January 21, 2025

Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research

Ames Research Center

Astrobiology

Astrophysics

Exoplanets

Glenn Research Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Materials Science

Science & Research

Technology

NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards

President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Posted January 17, 2025