Ice Melt Accelerating, Causing Depletion of Freshwater Resources
Continuous monitoring of glaciers and ice caps has provided unprecedented insights to global ice loss that could have serious socioeconomic impacts on some regions. Seven…
Continuous monitoring of glaciers and ice caps has provided unprecedented insights to global ice loss that could have serious socioeconomic impacts on some regions. Seven…
About the size of a briefcase, the CubeSat was built to test new technologies but exceeded expectations by spotting a planet outside our solar system….
A host of international companies will be evaluated next for the free license granted by Caltech. After receiving more than 100 applications, NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
An instrument called SHERLOC will, with the help of its partner WATSON, hunt for signs of ancient life by detecting organic molecules and minerals. Mars…
The Demo-2 flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with Behnken and Douglas Hurley marks the first launch of American astronauts on an American-made rocket from American…
The agency’s new Mars rover is put through a series of tests in vacuum chambers, acoustic chambers and more to get ready for the Red…
At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, team members are building the Coronagraph Instrument for the spacecraft and contributing to the mission’s science goals. NASA is…
These are the people who built NASA’s next Mars rover and who will guide it to a safe landing in Jezero Crater. Behind every spacecraft…
Using a combination of satellite sensors, scientists recently found that Denman Glacier has been retreating both above and below the water line. That one glacier…
Team members searched for signs of ancient microscopic life there, just as NASA’s newest rover will on the Red Planet next year. Billions of years…
The Cold Atom Lab is using microgravity to learn about atoms and the quantum world, which could pave the way for new technologies in space…
NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock could be the most stable atomic clock ever flown in space. But what does that mean, and what do clocks…
Stacking spacecraft components on top of each other is one of the final assembly steps before a mission launches to the Red Planet. Engineers working…
Work is ongoing to refine images NASA’s Galileo spacecraft captured of Europa as scientists prepare for exploration of Jupiter’s icy moon. The surface of Jupiter’s…
By mimicking rocky seafloor chimneys in the lab, scientists have produced new evidence that these features could have provided the right ingredients to kick-start life….
Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland account for roughly a half-inch of sea level rise between 2003 and 2019. Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser…
The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed the device for coronavirus patients with rapid production in mind. The license is being offered for free to manufacturers….
Vaneeza Rupani’s essay was chosen as the name for the small spacecraft, which will mark NASA’s first attempt at powered flight on another planet. Destined…