From the vantage point of the Terra satellite, the instrument can detect the scarred land…
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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.
Smart phone apps provide nearly instantaneous navigation on Earth; the Deep Space Atomic Clock could…
SPARROW, a steam-powered robotic concept, could one day take giant leaps over some of the…
In a first, astronomers may have seen light from the merger of two black holes,…
The small craft will seek to prove that powered, controlled flight is possible on another…
Jupiter-size planets orbiting close to their stars have upended ideas about how giant planets form.…
One of four concepts being considered for a Discovery Program mission, Trident would investigate one…
The Red Planet’s surface has been visited by eight NASA spacecraft. The ninth will be…
Astronomers tend to have a slightly different sense of time than the rest of us.…
This new portrait of the Red Planet’s neighbors was taken during a time when there’s…
New International Ocean Satellite Completes Testing A team of engineers in the U.S. and Europe…
Using an online tool to label Martian terrain types, you can train an artificial intelligence…
NASA’s Cold Atom Lab Takes One Giant Leap for Quantum Science A new study describes…
Taken with the infrared camera on NASA’s Odyssey orbiter, the images reveal temperature variations aboard…
Continuous monitoring of glaciers and ice caps has provided unprecedented insights to global ice loss…
About the size of a briefcase, the CubeSat was built to test new technologies but…
A host of international companies will be evaluated next for the free license granted by…
An instrument called SHERLOC will, with the help of its partner WATSON, hunt for signs…