NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other
This panoramic view of SPHEREx’s first all-sky map shows how the sky looks to the telescope. It transitions…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead
After nearly five years on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the…
One of NASA’s Key Cameras Orbiting Mars Takes 100,000th Image
Mesas and dunes stand out in the view snapped by HiRISE, one of the imagers aboard the agency’s…
NASA, SpaceX Launch US-European Satellite to Monitor Earth’s Oceans
About the size of a full-size pickup truck, a newly launched satellite by NASA and its partners will…
JPL announces that hundreds of employees will be laid off Tuesday
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NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and…
NASA Analysis Shows Sun’s Activity Ramping Up
It looked like the Sun was heading toward a historic lull in activity. That trend flipped in 2008,…
NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time
A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had…
New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea
Sea surface height data from the Sentinel-6B satellite, led by NASA and ESA, will help with the development…
NASA Marsquake Data Reveals Lumpy Nature of Red Planet’s Interior
Rocky material that impacted Mars lies scattered in giant lumps throughout the planet’s mantle, offering clues about Mars’…
NASA: Ceres May Have Had Long-Standing Energy to Fuel Habitability
The dwarf planet is cold now, but new research paints a picture of Ceres hosting a deep, long-lived…
NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon
Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking…