NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test,…
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit research and development center that serves as a key partner to the U.S. government in areas of national security, space exploration, and advanced technology. Located in Laurel, Maryland, APL was established in 1942 and operates under the umbrella of Johns Hopkins University. It is widely recognized for its contributions to missile defense systems, cybersecurity, and space missions—including NASA projects like the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the DART planetary defense test. With a focus on applied science and engineering, APL bridges the gap between theoretical research and practical, mission-critical solutions.
Team members of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) have filled the spacecraft with fuel,…
The Dark Energy Survey uncovered 461 new objects beyond Neptune, providing clues to Solar System…
NASA’s Dragonfly mission will fly across Titan’s surface to study its chemistry, methane cycle, and…
Parker Solar Probe’s flyby revealed Venus’ ionosphere thins near solar minimum. During a brief swing…
Parker Solar Probe Unveils Venus’ Dust Ring NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission has given scientists…
NASA’s New Horizons, now 50 AU from the Sun, is still collecting groundbreaking data and…
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have the potential to harbor life. The spacecraft will use multiple…
Parker Solar Probe’s solar flyby aligned with Earth-based observatories for coordinated data collection. During Parker…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning views of Venus during its close flyby of the…
Before the NASA Lucy mission can begin its long journey to the Trojan asteroids, the…
A new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in…
At the heart of understanding our space environment is the knowledge that conditions throughout space…
Nearly two decades ago, a near-Earth asteroid was discovered to have a moon, and the…
For the first time, a spacecraft has sent back pictures of the sky from so…
Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time…
Mercury is a desert world which scientists until recently considered quite uninteresting. NASA’s Mariner and…
Titan, with its methane seas and orange smog, is in some ways the most similar…