It’s the first time machine learning has been used to find previously unknown craters on…
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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.
Perseverance is one of a few Mars spacecraft carrying laser retroreflectors. The devices could provide…
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft will launch from the U.S. West Coast aboard a SpaceX…
Researchers will design a mission to learn about underground aquifers in areas such as the…
PIXL, an instrument on the end of the Perseverance rover’s arm, will search for chemical…
Roughly 15 to 30 feet wide, the object will make its closest approach on September…
An atmospheric light show previously relegated to planets and Jupiter moons is found on comet…
Scientists used data gathered by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during 13 years of exploring the Saturn…
While the agency’s satellites image the wildfires from space, scientists are flying over burn areas,…
The observations from Earth orbit show high-altitude concentrations of the gas that are more than…
Using a NASA-designed software program, members of the public helped identify a cache of brown…
The asteroid, which is being studied by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, shows some surprising activity on its…
To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered…
Engineers test drive the Earth-bound twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover for the first time…
Technicians move a full-scale engineering version of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover into its new home…
To get the best measurements of Earth’s atmosphere, you sometimes have to leave it. This…
Did you know NASA’s next Mars rover has a nearly identical sibling on Earth for…
While our Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of hematite, a form of rust…