Researchers created a toolkit for determining the clarity and surface temperature of coastal waters. The data is freely accessible data and can help assess reefs…
Merging data from multiple satellites, OPERA can help government agencies, disaster responders, and the public access data about natural and human impacts to the land….
A new NASA study offers an explanation of how quakes could be the source of the mysteriously smooth terrain on moons circling Jupiter and Saturn….
JPL’s Abigail Fraeman will help study the composition of Phobos and Deimos using instruments on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s spacecraft. NASA has selected 10…
Recipients include a concept from NASA’s JPL that would use next-generation radar technology to improve how we study Earth and other worlds. Six researchers have…
The update brings loads of improvements, the most significant being new driving capabilities. Years in the making, a major software update that has been installed…
If any spacecraft could be said to have had nine lives, it was Galileo. At the time of its launch, this mission to Jupiter was…
Both scientists and the public can navigate a new global image of the Red Planet that was made at Caltech using data from NASA’s Mars…
The board, initiated by NASA, will provide added confidence that the program won’t exceed guidelines following an important upcoming milestone. NASA will convene a Mars…
The history-making rotorcraft has recently been negotiating some of the most hazardous terrain it’s encountered on the Red Planet. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter marked its…
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s success in landing the low-cost Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997 was viewed as proof that spacecraft could be built more often…
What are some skywatching highlights in April 2023? Mercury reaches its highest in the evening sky for the year for Northern Hemisphere observers. The Moon…
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently collected its 16th cored rock sample, named “Berea,” as part of its latest science campaign exploring the top of Jezero Crater’s…
Research reveals a new explanation for how the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa rotates at a different rate than its interior. NASA’s Europa Clipper…
Measuring the fuel supply on Odyssey, a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge, is no easy task. Since NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter…
In a first, scientists have seen direct evidence of active volcanism on Earth’s twin, setting the stage for the agency’s VERITAS mission to investigate. Direct…
It started with JPL agreeing to land something on Mars — cheaply — and do it in a radically different way. This is how the…
A pilot project has estimated emissions and removals of carbon dioxide in individual nations using satellite measurements. A NASA Earth-observing satellite has helped researchers track…
