NASA’s Perseverance rover is discovering a treasure trove of diverse ancient rocks on Jezero Crater’s…
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a world-renowned research and development center managed by NASA and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Based in Pasadena, California, JPL designs, builds, and operates robotic spacecraft that explore the solar system and beyond. It has led many of NASA’s most groundbreaking missions, including the Mars rovers (Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance), Voyager, Cassini, and the Europa Clipper. JPL’s scientists and engineers also conduct cutting-edge research in astrophysics, planetary science, and Earth observation, developing technologies for deep-space navigation, robotics, and autonomous systems. As a hub of innovation, JPL continues to push the boundaries of exploration and expand humanity’s reach across the cosmos.
Against all odds, NASA engineers brought back to life a set of Voyager 1’s thrusters…
NASA’s Europa Clipper, en route to Jupiter’s moon Europa, captured infrared images of Mars during…
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NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory has kicked off its sky-mapping mission, capturing 3,600 images per day…
Juno’s latest discoveries have pulled back the veil on Jupiter’s harsh atmosphere and the fiery…
NASA’s Curiosity rover just made history with its first-ever mid-drive photo snapped from orbit, captured…
Perseverance is on a thrilling hunt across Mars’ Jezero Crater rim, exploring mysterious light and…
NASA’s Mars rover is on the trail of a geological mystery in the Jezero crater.…
Scientists using NASA’s Curiosity rover have discovered siderite—an iron carbonate—in the sulfate-rich rocks of Gale…
NASA and partners are building the first quantum gravity sensor for space, a breakthrough instrument…
Lingering Brightness Provides Evidence for How the Planet Met Its Demise Each year, scientists from…
Perseverance just stumbled upon one of Mars’ weirdest rocks yet—a formation covered in dark, spherical…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered safe mode twice during a recent close pass of Jupiter, temporarily…
NASA’s Deep Space Network just marked 60 years of interstellar communication with a groundbreaking new…
We’ve mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward…
On Mars, swirling columns of dust—known as dust devils—regularly roam the landscape, sometimes colliding in…
SPHEREx, NASA’s new space telescope, just opened its eyes to the universe and delivered its…