Dancing Black Hole Collision Unleashes a Flash of Light Brighter Than a Trillion Stars
The recently retired infrared observatory was the only telescope to spot a far-off flash of light that holds clues about the physical characteristics of these…
The recently retired infrared observatory was the only telescope to spot a far-off flash of light that holds clues about the physical characteristics of these…
The large near-Earth object is well known to astronomers and will get no closer than 3.9 million miles to our planet. A large near-Earth asteroid…
To support the next wave of human exploration, the Lunar Flashlight mission will look for potential ice hidden at the Moon’s South Pole. As astronauts…
In December 1993, NASA held its collective breath as seven astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour caught up with the Hubble Space Telescope 353 miles (568…
The mission team performed a crucial weight-balancing test on the rover in preparation for this summer’s history-making launch to the Red Planet. With 13 weeks…
A high-pressure ventilator designed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for rapid production is being tested for use in medical centers. A new high-pressure ventilator…
The image composite is just one of hundreds that the infrared observatory produced during its 16 years in space. Five days before NASA’s Spitzer Space…
UCI, NASA JPL project tracking Earth-sensing satellite turnover yields striking results. During the exceptionally warm Arctic summer of 2019, Greenland lost 600 billion tons of…
To honor the day’s 50th anniversary, NASA’s JPL has unveiled posters in which our home planet is the star. When Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders…
The Mars mission has learned to meet new challenges while working remotely. For people who are able to work remotely during this time of social…
A new JPL-led challenge is seeking ideas for scientific instruments that could fit inside a tiny payload no bigger than a bar of soap. Future…
The team also fueled the rover’s sky crane to get ready for this summer’s history-making launch. With the launch period of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance…
Not quite planets and not quite stars, brown dwarfs are cosmic in-betweeners. Learning about their atmospheres could help us understand giant planets around other stars….
New mapping of the giant planet’s upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it’s so hot. The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants —…
NASA’s Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter’s tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on February 17, 2020. Some notable…
An array of six spacecraft, each about the size of a toaster oven, will help us understand our nearest star and better protect astronauts traveling…
After the rover was shipped from JPL to Kennedy Space Center, the team is getting closer to finalizing the spacecraft for launch later this summer….
The shape of the ground beneath Denman Glacier, which is melting from the bottom up, makes it particularly vulnerable to the intrusion of seawater. Denman…